Colour

#E62A44

#E62A44
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E62A44 is a red with RGB values 230, 42, 68 and HSL 352°, 79%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E62A44

RGBrgb(230, 42, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1647, 0.2667

RGB percentages90.2%, 16.5%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(351.7, 79%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 81.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 81.7%, 70.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,084,100

CSS custom property--colour: #E62A44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#19D5BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665F43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#94863Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18.4 Tomato · ΔE 21 Brown · ΔE 24.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.6 Salmon · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.73, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AE6CC

Analogous#E62AA2, #E66E2A

Triadic#44E62A, #2A44E6

Split complementary#2AE66E, #2AA2E6

Tetradic#A2E62A, #2AE6CC, #6E2AE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE1E4

Lighter +30%#F6B3BC

Lighter +20%#F18594

Lighter +10%#EB586C

Darker −10%#C6172F

Darker −20%#981224

Darker −30%#6B0C1A

Darker −40%#3D070F

More saturated +25%#FF1132

Less saturated −25%#C8485A

Channel breakdown

R230

G42

B68

Red230 (90.2%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue351.7°

Saturation (HSL)78.99%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 2A · B 44

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