Colour

#E81E43

#E81E43
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E81E43 is a red with RGB values 232, 30, 67 and HSL 349°, 81%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E81E43#E81E43

HEX#E81E43

RGBrgb(232, 30, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.1176, 0.2627

RGB percentages91%, 11.8%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(349, 81.5%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349, 87.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 87.1%, 71.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,212,099

CSS custom property--colour: #E81E43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#17E1BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635C42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#94863Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.4 Tomato · ΔE 23 Brown · ΔE 26.4 Indian red · ΔE 30.3 Dark red · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.53, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1EE8C3

Analogous#E81EA8, #E85E1E

Triadic#43E81E, #1E43E8

Split complementary#1EE85E, #1EA8E8

Tetradic#A8E81E, #1EE8C3, #5E1EE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBD7DE

Lighter +30%#F6A9B7

Lighter +20%#F17B90

Lighter +10%#ED4C6A

Darker −10%#BF1433

Darker −20%#910F27

Darker −30%#630A1A

Darker −40%#35050E

More saturated +25%#FF0734

Less saturated −25%#C93D57

Channel breakdown

R232

G30

B67

Red232 (91%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue349.01°

Saturation (HSL)81.45%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 1E · B 43

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