Recognised as Colour

#E9223B

#E9223B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E9223B is a red with RGB values 233, 34, 59 and HSL 352°, 82%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E9223B#E9223B

HEX#E9223B

RGBrgb(233, 34, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.1333, 0.2314

RGB percentages91.4%, 13.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(352.5, 81.9%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.5, 85.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 85.4%, 74.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,278,651

CSS custom property--colour: #E9223B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1

Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#16DDC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665D3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#968733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.3 Firebrick · ΔE 19.6 Tomato · ΔE 19.9 Brown · ΔE 27 Red · ΔE 29.7 Dark red · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22E9D0

Analogous#E9229E, #E96D22

Triadic#3BE922, #223BE9

Split complementary#22E96D, #229EE9

Tetradic#9FE922, #22E9D0, #6D22E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDCE0

Lighter +30%#F7ADB6

Lighter +20%#F27F8D

Lighter +10%#EE5064

Darker −10%#C4142A

Darker −20%#960F20

Darker −30%#680A16

Darker −40%#39060C

More saturated +25%#FF0C2B

Less saturated −25%#CB4052

Channel breakdown

R233

G34

B59

Red233 (91.4%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue352.46°

Saturation (HSL)81.89%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G 22 · B 3B

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