Recognised as Colour

#E55559

#E55559
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#E55559 is a red with RGB values 229, 85, 89 and HSL 358°, 73%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E55559#E55559

HEX#E55559

RGBrgb(229, 85, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.3333, 0.349

RGB percentages89.8%, 33.3%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(358.3, 73.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.3, 62.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 62.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,029,593

CSS custom property--colour: #E55559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#1AAAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A7358no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9155no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FA3758no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.9 Salmon · ΔE 15.7 Crimson · ΔE 18.2 Light coral · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 19.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55E5E1

Analogous#E555A1, #E59955

Triadic#59E555, #5559E5

Split complementary#55E599, #55A1E5

Tetradic#A1E555, #55E5E1, #9955E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9DADB

Lighter +20%#F3ADAF

Lighter +10%#EC8184

Darker −10%#DE292E

Darker −20%#B81C20

Darker −30%#8C1519

Darker −40%#5F0F11

More saturated +25%#FE3D42

Less saturated −25%#CD6E70

Channel breakdown

R229

G85

B89

Red229 (89.8%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue358.33°

Saturation (HSL)73.47%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 55 · B 59

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