Recognised as Colour

#E62744

#E62744
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E62744 is a red with RGB values 230, 39, 68 and HSL 351°, 79%, 53%. 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

#E62744#E62744

HEX#E62744

RGBrgb(230, 39, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1529, 0.2667

RGB percentages90.2%, 15.3%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(350.9, 79.3%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 83%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 83%, 70.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,083,332

CSS custom property--colour: #E62744;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.3 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#525252

Inverted#19D8BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655E43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#94863Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 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 3.3 Firebrick · ΔE 18.9 Tomato · ΔE 21.7 Brown · ΔE 24.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27E6C9

Analogous#E627A3, #E66927

Triadic#44E627, #2744E6

Split complementary#27E669, #27A3E6

Tetradic#A4E627, #27E6C9, #6A27E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDEE2

Lighter +30%#F6B0BB

Lighter +20%#F18293

Lighter +10%#EB556C

Darker −10%#C31731

Darker −20%#961125

Darker −30%#680C1A

Darker −40%#3A070F

More saturated +25%#FF0E33

Less saturated −25%#C84559

Channel breakdown

R230

G39

B68

Red230 (90.2%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue350.89°

Saturation (HSL)79.25%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 27 · B 44

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