Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E9495A

  • #E9495A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Crimson

#E9495A is a red with RGB values 233, 73, 90 and HSL 354°, 78%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E9495A#E9495A
HEX#E9495A
RGBrgb(233, 73, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.2863, 0.3529
RGB percentages91.4%, 28.6%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(353.6, 78.4%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.6, 68.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 68.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,288,666
CSS custom property--colour: #E9495A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#16B6A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#746E5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9056no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF1E50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.9Indian red · ΔE 17.9Firebrick · ΔE 20.5Salmon · ΔE 21.2Brown · ΔE 21.9Tomato · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49E9D8
Analogous#E949AA, #E98849
Triadic#5AE949, #495AE9
Split complementary#49E988, #49AAE9
Tetradic#AAE949, #49E9D8, #8849E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAD2D6
Lighter +20%#F4A4AD
Lighter +10%#EF7683
Darker −10%#E41B31
Darker −20%#B61627
Darker −30%#89101D
Darker −40%#5B0B14
More saturated +25%#FF3349
Less saturated −25%#D0626E

Channel breakdown

R233
G73
B90
Red233 (91.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue353.63°
Saturation (HSL)78.43%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 49 · B 5A

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e9495a” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.