Recognised as Colour

#E6003C

#E6003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E6003C is a red with RGB values 230, 0, 60 and HSL 344°, 100%, 45%. 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

#E6003C#E6003C

HEX#E6003C

RGBrgb(230, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages90.2%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(344.3, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,073,340

CSS custom property--colour: #E6003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#19FFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E573Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#908234no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.6 Brown · ΔE 28.2 Dark red · ΔE 32.1 Red · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E6AA

Analogous#E600AF, #E63700

Triadic#3CE600, #003CE6

Split complementary#00E637, #00AFE6

Tetradic#AFE600, #00E6AA, #3700E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB3C7

Lighter +30%#FF80A1

Lighter +20%#FF4D7B

Lighter +10%#FF1A56

Darker −10%#B3002F

Darker −20%#800021

Darker −30%#4D0014

Darker −40%#1A0007

More saturated +25%#E6003C

Less saturated −25%#C91D4A

Channel breakdown

R230

B60

Red230 (90.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue344.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 00 · B 3C

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