Recognised as Colour

#E60400

#E60400
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E60400 is a red with RGB values 230, 4, 0 and HSL 1°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E60400#E60400

HEX#E60400

RGBrgb(230, 4, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.0157, 0

RGB percentages90.2%, 1.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(1, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 100%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,074,304

CSS custom property--colour: #E60400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#19FBFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#938200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FE000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 9.5 Orange red · ΔE 13.1 Tomato · ΔE 26.4 Crimson · ΔE 28.8 Firebrick · ΔE 31.7 Dark red · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2E6

Analogous#E6006F, #E67700

Triadic#00E604, #0400E6

Split complementary#00E677, #006FE6

Tetradic#6FE600, #00E2E6, #7700E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB4B3

Lighter +30%#FF8280

Lighter +20%#FF504D

Lighter +10%#FF1E1A

Darker −10%#B30300

Darker −20%#800200

Darker −30%#4D0100

Darker −40%#1A0000

More saturated +25%#E60400

Less saturated −25%#C9201D

Channel breakdown

R230

Red230 (90.2%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue1.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 04 · B 00

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