Recognised as Colour

#E6215D

#E6215D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E6215D is a red with RGB values 230, 33, 93 and HSL 342°, 80%, 52%. 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

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HEX#E6215D

RGBrgb(230, 33, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1294, 0.3647

RGB percentages90.2%, 12.9%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(341.7, 79.8%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.7, 85.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 59.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,081,821

CSS custom property--colour: #E6215D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#19DEA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5F5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#908658no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FC003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.9 Deep pink · ΔE 27.1 Firebrick · ΔE 28.2 Indian red · ΔE 28.6 Brown · ΔE 29.3 Hot pink · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21E6AA

Analogous#E621C0, #E64821

Triadic#5DE621, #215DE6

Split complementary#21E648, #21C0E6

Tetradic#C0E621, #21E6AA, #4721E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBD8E3

Lighter +30%#F5ABC1

Lighter +20%#F07DA0

Lighter +10%#EB4F7E

Darker −10%#BF1549

Darker −20%#911037

Darker −30%#630B26

Darker −40%#350614

More saturated +25%#FF0853

Less saturated −25%#C74069

Channel breakdown

R230

G33

B93

Red230 (90.2%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue341.73°

Saturation (HSL)79.76%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 21 · B 5D

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