Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E72E77

  • #E72E77
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep pink

#E72E77 is a red with RGB values 231, 46, 119 and HSL 336°, 79%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#E72E77#E72E77
HEX#E72E77
RGBrgb(231, 46, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.1804, 0.4667
RGB percentages90.6%, 18%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(336.3, 79.4%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336.3, 80.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 80.1%, 48.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,150,711
CSS custom property--colour: #E72E77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20275WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#18D188

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6579no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8973no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FB004Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 16.8Medium violet red · ΔE 21.5Hot pink · ΔE 22Pale violetred · ΔE 28.3Crimson · ΔE 29.1Indian red · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 16.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2EE79E
Analogous#E72ED3, #E7422E
Triadic#77E72E, #2E77E7
Split complementary#2EE742, #2ED3E7
Tetradic#D3E72E, #2EE79E, #422EE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCE5EE
Lighter +30%#F7B7D0
Lighter +20%#F289B3
Lighter +10%#EC5C95
Darker −10%#CB175E
Darker −20%#9D1249
Darker −30%#6F0D34
Darker −40%#41081E
More saturated +25%#FF1672
Less saturated −25%#CA4B7D

Channel breakdown

R231
G46
B119
Red231 (90.6%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue336.32°
Saturation (HSL)79.4%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 2E · B 77

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e72e77” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.