Recognised as Colour

#E60401

#E60401
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Nearest: Red

#E60401 is a red with RGB values 230, 4, 1 and HSL 1°, 99%, 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

#E60401#E60401

HEX#E60401

RGBrgb(230, 4, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.0157, 0.0039

RGB percentages90.2%, 1.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(0.8, 99.1%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.8, 99.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 99.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,074,305

CSS custom property--colour: #E60401;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16912WCAG 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#19FBFE

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 9.7 Orange red · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 26.3 Crimson · ΔE 28.5 Firebrick · ΔE 31.4 Dark red · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01E3E6

Analogous#E60170, #E67701

Triadic#01E604, #0401E6

Split complementary#01E677, #0170E6

Tetradic#70E601, #01E3E6, #7701E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB5B4

Lighter +30%#FE8382

Lighter +20%#FE514F

Lighter +10%#FE1F1C

Darker −10%#B30301

Darker −20%#800201

Darker −30%#4E0100

Darker −40%#1B0000

More saturated +25%#E70300

Less saturated −25%#C9201E

Channel breakdown

R230

Red230 (90.2%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue0.79°

Saturation (HSL)99.13%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 04 · B 01

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