Recognised as Colour

#E62F00

#E62F00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E62F00 is a red with RGB values 230, 47, 0 and HSL 12°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#E62F00#E62F00

HEX#E62F00

RGBrgb(230, 47, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.1843, 0

RGB percentages90.2%, 18.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(12.3, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.6%, 100%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,085,312

CSS custom property--colour: #E62F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#19D0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C5E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Deuteranopia#988700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FE002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 9.2 Red · ΔE 14 Tomato · ΔE 22.3 Crimson · ΔE 30 Firebrick · ΔE 30 Chocolate · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 9.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00B7E6

Analogous#E60044, #E6A200

Triadic#00E62F, #2F00E6

Split complementary#00E6A2, #0044E6

Tetradic#44E600, #00B7E6, #A200E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC3B3

Lighter +30%#FF9A80

Lighter +20%#FF714D

Lighter +10%#FF491A

Darker −10%#B32500

Darker −20%#801A00

Darker −30%#4D1000

Darker −40%#1A0500

More saturated +25%#E62F00

Less saturated −25%#C9401D

Channel breakdown

R230

G47

Red230 (90.2%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue12.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 2F · B 00

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