Recognised as Colour

#E4163E

#E4163E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E4163E is a red with RGB values 228, 22, 62 and HSL 348°, 82%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E4163E

RGBrgb(228, 22, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.0863, 0.2431

RGB percentages89.4%, 8.6%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(348.3, 82.4%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.3, 90.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 90.4%, 72.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,947,902

CSS custom property--colour: #E4163E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1

Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#1BE9C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#60593Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#908237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FB002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.8 Firebrick · ΔE 19.6 Tomato · ΔE 23.1 Brown · ΔE 26 Dark red · ΔE 30.7 Indian red · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.81, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16E4BC

Analogous#E416A5, #E45516

Triadic#3EE416, #163EE4

Split complementary#16E455, #16A5E4

Tetradic#A5E416, #16E4BC, #5516E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FACCD5

Lighter +30%#F69DAF

Lighter +20%#F16F88

Lighter +10%#ED4062

Darker −10%#B51231

Darker −20%#870D25

Darker −30%#580918

Darker −40%#2A040B

More saturated +25%#FA0031

Less saturated −25%#C53551

Channel breakdown

R228

G22

B62

Red228 (89.4%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue348.35°

Saturation (HSL)82.4%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 16 · B 3E

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