Recognised as Colour

#E6152E

#E6152E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E6152E is a red with RGB values 230, 21, 46 and HSL 353°, 83%, 49%. 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

#E6152E#E6152E

HEX#E6152E

RGBrgb(230, 21, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.0824, 0.1804

RGB percentages90.2%, 8.2%, 18%

HSLhsl(352.8, 83.3%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.8, 90.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.9%, 80%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,078,702

CSS custom property--colour: #E6152E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#19EAD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#62592Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#938324no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78 from the original

Tritanopia#FE0024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.1 Tomato · ΔE 20.1 Firebrick · ΔE 20.7 Red · ΔE 24.4 Orange red · ΔE 26.6 Brown · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15E6CD

Analogous#E61596, #E66515

Triadic#2EE615, #152EE6

Split complementary#15E665, #1596E6

Tetradic#96E615, #15E6CD, #6515E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FACDD2

Lighter +30%#F69EA8

Lighter +20%#F26F7F

Lighter +10%#EE4055

Darker −10%#B71125

Darker −20%#890C1B

Darker −30%#5A0812

Darker −40%#2B0409

More saturated +25%#FB001E

Less saturated −25%#C73446

Channel breakdown

R230

G21

B46

Red230 (90.2%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue352.82°

Saturation (HSL)83.27%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 15 · B 2E

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