Recognised as Colour

#E60436

#E60436
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E60436 is a red with RGB values 230, 4, 54 and HSL 347°, 97%, 46%. 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

#E60436#E60436

HEX#E60436

RGBrgb(230, 4, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.0157, 0.2118

RGB percentages90.2%, 1.6%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(346.7, 96.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.7, 98.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 76.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,074,358

CSS custom property--colour: #E60436;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1

Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#19FBC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5735no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#91822Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FE0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7 Firebrick · ΔE 21 Tomato · ΔE 22.8 Brown · ΔE 28.7 Red · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04E6B4

Analogous#E604A7, #E64304

Triadic#36E604, #0436E6

Split complementary#04E643, #04A7E6

Tetradic#A7E604, #04E6B4, #4304E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEB8C8

Lighter +30%#FD86A0

Lighter +20%#FC5479

Lighter +10%#FB2252

Darker −10%#B4032A

Darker −20%#82021E

Darker −30%#500113

Darker −40%#1D0107

More saturated +25%#EA0034

Less saturated −25%#C92146

Channel breakdown

R230

B54

Red230 (90.2%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue346.73°

Saturation (HSL)96.58%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 04 · B 36

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