Colour

#E82C40

#E82C40
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E82C40 is a red with RGB values 232, 44, 64 and HSL 354°, 80%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E82C40#E82C40

HEX#E82C40

RGBrgb(232, 44, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.1725, 0.251

RGB percentages91%, 17.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(353.6, 80.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.6, 81%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 81%, 72.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,215,680

CSS custom property--colour: #E82C40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#17D3BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68603Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#968839no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.2 Firebrick · ΔE 18.2 Tomato · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 24.9 Indian red · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CE8D4

Analogous#E82C9E, #E8762C

Triadic#40E82C, #2C40E8

Split complementary#2CE876, #2C9EE8

Tetradic#9EE82C, #2CE8D4, #762CE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE4E7

Lighter +30%#F7B6BD

Lighter +20%#F28893

Lighter +10%#ED5A6A

Darker −10%#CB1629

Darker −20%#9D1120

Darker −30%#6F0C17

Darker −40%#41070D

More saturated +25%#FF152E

Less saturated −25%#CB4957

Channel breakdown

R232

G44

B64

Red232 (91%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue353.62°

Saturation (HSL)80.34%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 2C · B 40

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