Recognised as Colour

#E41206

#E41206
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E41206 is a red with RGB values 228, 18, 6 and HSL 3°, 95%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E41206#E41206

HEX#E41206

RGBrgb(228, 18, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.0706, 0.0235

RGB percentages89.4%, 7.1%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(3.2, 94.9%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.2, 97.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 92.1%, 97.4%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,946,822

CSS custom property--colour: #E41206;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#1BEDF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#938200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FC0017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 11.8 Orange red · ΔE 13.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 26.7 Firebrick · ΔE 29.2 Dark red · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06D8E4

Analogous#E40669, #E48106

Triadic#06E412, #1206E4

Split complementary#06E481, #0669E4

Tetradic#69E406, #06D8E4, #8106E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDBDB9

Lighter +30%#FC8D87

Lighter +20%#FB5E55

Lighter +10%#F92F24

Darker −10%#B20E05

Darker −20%#810A03

Darker −30%#4F0602

Darker −40%#1D0201

More saturated +25%#EA0D00

Less saturated −25%#C72C23

Channel breakdown

R228

G18

Red228 (89.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue3.24°

Saturation (HSL)94.87%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 12 · B 06

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