Recognised as Colour

#E71706

#E71706
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E71706 is a red with RGB values 231, 23, 6 and HSL 5°, 95%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E71706#E71706

HEX#E71706

RGBrgb(231, 23, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.0902, 0.0235

RGB percentages90.6%, 9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(4.5, 94.9%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.5, 97.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 90%, 97.4%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,144,710

CSS custom property--colour: #E71706;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#18E8F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#958400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 10.9 Orange red · ΔE 12.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 27.5 Firebrick · ΔE 30.1 Coral · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06D6E7

Analogous#E70666, #E78706

Triadic#06E717, #1706E7

Split complementary#06E787, #0666E7

Tetradic#66E706, #06D6E7, #8706E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDC1BC

Lighter +30%#FC938A

Lighter +20%#FB6558

Lighter +10%#F93727

Darker −10%#B51205

Darker −20%#840D03

Darker −30%#520802

Darker −40%#200301

More saturated +25%#ED1200

Less saturated −25%#C93024

Channel breakdown

R231

G23

Red231 (90.6%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue4.53°

Saturation (HSL)94.94%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 17 · B 06

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