Recognised as Colour

#E90016

#E90016
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E90016 is a red with RGB values 233, 0, 22 and HSL 354°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E90016#E90016

HEX#E90016

RGBrgb(233, 0, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0, 0.0863

RGB percentages91.4%, 0%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(354.3, 100%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 100%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 90.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,269,910

CSS custom property--colour: #E90016;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#16FFE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625610no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#948300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 13.1 Orange red · ΔE 17.2 Crimson · ΔE 22.9 Tomato · ΔE 23.8 Firebrick · ΔE 28.2 Dark red · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E9D3

Analogous#E9008A, #E95F00

Triadic#16E900, #0016E9

Split complementary#00E95F, #008AE9

Tetradic#8AE900, #00E9D3, #5F00E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB6BD

Lighter +30%#FF838F

Lighter +20%#FF5061

Lighter +10%#FF1D32

Darker −10%#B60011

Darker −20%#83000C

Darker −30%#500008

Darker −40%#1D0003

More saturated +25%#E90016

Less saturated −25%#CC1D2E

Channel breakdown

R233

B22

Red233 (91.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue354.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G 00 · B 16

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