Recognised as Colour

#E6564F

#E6564F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E6564F is a red with RGB values 230, 86, 79 and HSL 3°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E6564F#E6564F

HEX#E6564F

RGBrgb(230, 86, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.3373, 0.3098

RGB percentages90.2%, 33.7%, 31%

HSLhsl(2.8, 75.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.8, 65.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 62.6%, 65.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,095,375

CSS custom property--colour: #E6564F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#19A9B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C734Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0924Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FC3555no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 14.1 Salmon · ΔE 15.8 Indian red · ΔE 16.1 Firebrick · ΔE 17.4 Crimson · ΔE 18 Brown · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 14.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4FDFE6

Analogous#E64F94, #E6A14F

Triadic#4FE656, #564FE6

Split complementary#4FE6A2, #4F93E6

Tetradic#93E64F, #4FDFE6, #A24FE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9D7D5

Lighter +20%#F3ACA8

Lighter +10%#EC817C

Darker −10%#E02B22

Darker −20%#B5211A

Darker −30%#891913

Darker −40%#5C110D

More saturated +25%#FF3F36

Less saturated −25%#CD6D68

Channel breakdown

R230

G86

B79

Red230 (90.2%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue2.78°

Saturation (HSL)75.12%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 56 · B 4F

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