Colour

#E60049

#E60049
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E60049 is a red with RGB values 230, 0, 73 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

#E60049#E60049

HEX#E60049

RGBrgb(230, 0, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0, 0.2863

RGB percentages90.2%, 0%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(341, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 68.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,073,353

CSS custom property--colour: #E60049;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.2 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#19FFB6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8242no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FD002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 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 7.4 Firebrick · ΔE 23.9 Brown · ΔE 28.4 Tomato · ΔE 28.9 Indian red · ΔE 31.8 Dark red · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E69D

Analogous#E600BC, #E62A00

Triadic#49E600, #0049E6

Split complementary#00E62A, #00BCE6

Tetradic#BCE600, #00E69D, #2A00E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB3CB

Lighter +30%#FF80A8

Lighter +20%#FF4D85

Lighter +10%#FF1A63

Darker −10%#B30039

Darker −20%#800029

Darker −30%#4D0018

Darker −40%#1A0008

More saturated +25%#E60049

Less saturated −25%#C91D53

Channel breakdown

R230

B73

Red230 (90.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue340.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 00 · B 49

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