Colour

#E6204B

#E6204B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E6204B is a red with RGB values 230, 32, 75 and HSL 347°, 80%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E6204B#E6204B

HEX#E6204B

RGBrgb(230, 32, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1255, 0.2941

RGB percentages90.2%, 12.5%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(347, 79.8%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 86.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 86.1%, 67.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,081,547

CSS custom property--colour: #E6204B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#19DFB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625D4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#928545no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.9 Firebrick · ΔE 21.5 Brown · ΔE 25.8 Tomato · ΔE 26 Indian red · ΔE 28.3 Salmon · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20E6BB

Analogous#E620AE, #E65820

Triadic#4BE620, #204BE6

Split complementary#20E658, #20AEE6

Tetradic#AEE620, #20E6BB, #5820E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBD7DF

Lighter +30%#F5AABA

Lighter +20%#F07C95

Lighter +10%#EB4E70

Darker −10%#BE153A

Darker −20%#90102C

Darker −30%#620B1E

Darker −40%#340610

More saturated +25%#FF073D

Less saturated −25%#C73F5D

Channel breakdown

R230

G32

B75

Red230 (90.2%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue346.97°

Saturation (HSL)79.84%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 20 · B 4B

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