Colour

#E60048

#E60048
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E60048 is a red with RGB values 230, 0, 72 and HSL 341°, 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

#E60048#E60048

HEX#E60048

RGBrgb(230, 0, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0, 0.2824

RGB percentages90.2%, 0%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(341.2, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 68.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,073,352

CSS custom property--colour: #E60048;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#19FFB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5848no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8241no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FD002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7 Firebrick · ΔE 23.7 Brown · ΔE 28.3 Tomato · ΔE 28.5 Indian red · ΔE 31.9 Dark red · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E69E

Analogous#E600BB, #E62B00

Triadic#48E600, #0048E6

Split complementary#00E62B, #00BBE6

Tetradic#BBE600, #00E69E, #2B00E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB3CB

Lighter +30%#FF80A8

Lighter +20%#FF4D85

Lighter +10%#FF1A62

Darker −10%#B30038

Darker −20%#800028

Darker −30%#4D0018

Darker −40%#1A0008

More saturated +25%#E60048

Less saturated −25%#C91D53

Channel breakdown

R230

B72

Red230 (90.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue341.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 00 · B 48

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