Colour

#E9283D

#E9283D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E9283D is a red with RGB values 233, 40, 61 and HSL 353°, 81%, 54%. 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

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HEX#E9283D

RGBrgb(233, 40, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.1569, 0.2392

RGB percentages91.4%, 15.7%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(353.5, 81.4%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.5, 82.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 82.8%, 73.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,280,189

CSS custom property--colour: #E9283D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#16D7C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675F3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#968836no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6 Firebrick · ΔE 18.9 Tomato · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 26.1 Dark red · ΔE 30.3 Indian red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28E9D4

Analogous#E9289D, #E97428

Triadic#3DE928, #283DE9

Split complementary#28E974, #289DE9

Tetradic#9DE928, #28E9D4, #7428E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE1E4

Lighter +30%#F7B3BA

Lighter +20%#F28590

Lighter +10%#EE5667

Darker −10%#C91528

Darker −20%#9B101F

Darker −30%#6D0B16

Darker −40%#3F060D

More saturated +25%#FF122C

Less saturated −25%#CB4654

Channel breakdown

R233

G40

B61

Red233 (91.4%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue353.47°

Saturation (HSL)81.43%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G 28 · B 3D

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