Recognised as Colour

#E70156

#E70156
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E70156 is a red with RGB values 231, 1, 86 and HSL 338°, 99%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E70156#E70156

HEX#E70156

RGBrgb(231, 1, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.0039, 0.3373

RGB percentages90.6%, 0.4%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(337.8, 99.1%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.8, 99.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 99.6%, 62.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,139,158

CSS custom property--colour: #E70156;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1

Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#18FEA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5957no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8350no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.1 Firebrick · ΔE 28.4 Deep pink · ΔE 28.6 Brown · ΔE 30.8 Indian red · ΔE 32 Tomato · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01E792

Analogous#E701C9, #E71F01

Triadic#56E701, #0156E7

Split complementary#01E71F, #01C9E7

Tetradic#C9E701, #01E792, #1F01E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB5D0

Lighter +30%#FE83B0

Lighter +20%#FE5090

Lighter +10%#FE1D70

Darker −10%#B40143

Darker −20%#810130

Darker −30%#4F001D

Darker −40%#1C000A

More saturated +25%#E80056

Less saturated −25%#CA1E5E

Channel breakdown

R231

B86

Red231 (90.6%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue337.83°

Saturation (HSL)99.14%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 01 · B 56

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