Recognised as Colour

#E73155

#E73155
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E73155 is a red with RGB values 231, 49, 85 and HSL 348°, 79%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E73155#E73155

HEX#E73155

RGBrgb(231, 49, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.1922, 0.3333

RGB percentages90.6%, 19.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(348.1, 79.1%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.1, 78.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 78.8%, 63.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,151,445

CSS custom property--colour: #E73155;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#18CEAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676355no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#958950no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FD0041no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.1 Firebrick · ΔE 22.3 Indian red · ΔE 24.5 Brown · ΔE 24.7 Tomato · ΔE 26.5 Salmon · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#31E7C3

Analogous#E731B0, #E76831

Triadic#55E731, #3155E7

Split complementary#31E768, #31B0E7

Tetradic#B0E731, #31E7C3, #6831E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE8EC

Lighter +30%#F7BAC6

Lighter +20%#F28CA0

Lighter +10%#EC5F7B

Darker −10%#CD183C

Darker −20%#9F132E

Darker −30%#720D21

Darker −40%#440814

More saturated +25%#FF1946

Less saturated −25%#CA4E66

Channel breakdown

R231

G49

B85

Red231 (90.6%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue348.13°

Saturation (HSL)79.13%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 31 · B 55

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