Recognised as Colour

#E61111

#E61111
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E61111 is a red with RGB values 230, 17, 17 and HSL 0°, 86%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E61111#E61111

HEX#E61111

RGBrgb(230, 17, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.0667, 0.0667

RGB percentages90.2%, 6.7%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(0, 86.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 92.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 92.6%, 92.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,077,649

CSS custom property--colour: #E61111;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#19EEEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#948300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FE0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 13 Orange red · ΔE 15.4 Tomato · ΔE 23 Crimson · ΔE 24 Firebrick · ΔE 27.7 Dark red · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11E6E6

Analogous#E6117C, #E67C11

Triadic#11E611, #1111E6

Split complementary#11E67C, #117CE6

Tetradic#7CE611, #11E6E6, #7C11E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC8C8

Lighter +30%#F79999

Lighter +20%#F46969

Lighter +10%#F03A3A

Darker −10%#B70D0D

Darker −20%#870A0A

Darker −30%#580606

Darker −40%#280303

More saturated +25%#F70000

Less saturated −25%#C73030

Channel breakdown

R230

G17

B17

Red230 (90.2%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)86.23%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 11 · B 11

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