Recognised as Colour

#E8333F

#E8333F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E8333F is a red with RGB values 232, 51, 63 and HSL 356°, 80%, 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

#E8333F#E8333F

HEX#E8333F

RGBrgb(232, 51, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.2, 0.2471

RGB percentages91%, 20%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(356, 79.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356, 78%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 78%, 72.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,217,471

CSS custom property--colour: #E8333F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.98:1

Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#17CCC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B623Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#988938no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.1 Tomato · ΔE 16.8 Firebrick · ΔE 17.3 Brown · ΔE 24.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.9 Salmon · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#33E8DC

Analogous#E83399, #E88233

Triadic#3FE833, #333FE8

Split complementary#33E882, #3399E8

Tetradic#99E833, #33E8DC, #8233E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDEAEC

Lighter +30%#F8BCC0

Lighter +20%#F28F95

Lighter +10%#ED616A

Darker −10%#D01824

Darker −20%#A3121C

Darker −30%#750D14

Darker −40%#47080C

More saturated +25%#FF1C2B

Less saturated −25%#CC4F58

Channel breakdown

R232

G51

B63

Red232 (91%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue356.02°

Saturation (HSL)79.74%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 33 · B 3F

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