Colour

#E3525A

#E3525A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#E3525A is a red with RGB values 227, 82, 90 and HSL 357°, 72%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E3525A#E3525A

HEX#E3525A

RGBrgb(227, 82, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.3216, 0.3529

RGB percentages89%, 32.2%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(356.7, 72.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.7, 63.9%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 63.9%, 60.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,897,754

CSS custom property--colour: #E3525A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1

Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#1CADA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#777159no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8F56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F83356no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.8 Salmon · ΔE 16.9 Crimson · ΔE 17.9 Light coral · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#52E3DB

Analogous#E352A3, #E39252

Triadic#5AE352, #525AE3

Split complementary#52E393, #52A3E3

Tetradic#A3E352, #52E3DB, #9252E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8D6D8

Lighter +20%#F1AAAE

Lighter +10%#EA7E84

Darker −10%#DC2630

Darker −20%#B21D25

Darker −30%#86161C

Darker −40%#5A0F13

More saturated +25%#FC3944

Less saturated −25%#CA6B70

Channel breakdown

R227

G82

B90

Red227 (89%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue356.69°

Saturation (HSL)72.14%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 52 · B 5A

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#E3525A

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else