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Recognised as Colour

#E9157C

  • #E9157C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep pink

#E9157C is a red with RGB values 233, 21, 124 and HSL 331°, 83%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#E9157C#E9157C
HEX#E9157C
RGBrgb(233, 21, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.0824, 0.4863
RGB percentages91.4%, 8.2%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(330.8, 83.5%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.8, 91%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 91%, 46.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,275,388
CSS custom property--colour: #E9157C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#16EA83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#55617Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8777no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FD004Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 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 text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 10.4Medium violet red · ΔE 18.1Hot pink · ΔE 22.6Pale violetred · ΔE 33.6Crimson · ΔE 34.1Indian red · ΔE 39.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 10.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#15E982
Analogous#E915E6, #E91815
Triadic#7CE915, #157CE9
Split complementary#15E918, #15E6E9
Tetradic#E6E915, #15E982, #1815E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBCFE4
Lighter +30%#F6A1CA
Lighter +20%#F272B0
Lighter +10%#EE4396
Darker −10%#BA1163
Darker −20%#8B0D4A
Darker −30%#5D0831
Darker −40%#2E0418
More saturated +25%#FE007B
Less saturated −25%#C9357D

Channel breakdown

R233
G21
B124
Red233 (91.4%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue330.85°
Saturation (HSL)83.46%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 15 · B 7C

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