Recognised as Colour

#E55547

#E55547
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E55547 is a red with RGB values 229, 85, 71 and HSL 5°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E55547#E55547

HEX#E55547

RGBrgb(229, 85, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.3333, 0.2784

RGB percentages89.8%, 33.3%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(5.3, 75.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 69%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 62.9%, 69%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,029,575

CSS custom property--colour: #E55547;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#1AAAB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C7245no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09143no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Tritanopia#FB3253no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 11.1 Firebrick · ΔE 16.6 Salmon · ΔE 17.5 Coral · ΔE 17.9 Crimson · ΔE 18.6 Indian red · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47D7E5

Analogous#E54788, #E5A447

Triadic#47E555, #5547E5

Split complementary#47E5A4, #4788E5

Tetradic#88E547, #47D7E5, #A447E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFAFA

Lighter +30%#F8D1CD

Lighter +20%#F2A8A0

Lighter +10%#EB7E74

Darker −10%#DA2F1F

Darker −20%#AD2619

Darker −30%#811C12

Darker −40%#54120C

More saturated +25%#FF402D

Less saturated −25%#CB6B61

Channel breakdown

R229

G85

B71

Red229 (89.8%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue5.32°

Saturation (HSL)75.24%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 55 · B 47

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