#e42e57 Color Information

#e42e57 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #e42e57. In RGB, it consists of 89.4% Red, 18.0% Green, and 34.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 79.8% Magenta, 61.8% Yellow, and 10.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 346.5°, with saturation of 77.1% and lightness of 53.7%. The decimal value for #e42e57 is 14954071, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc3366. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #e42e57 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#e42e57 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color228, 46, 87 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color89.4%, 18.0%, 34.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.106, 0.820, 0.659 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.798, 0.618, 0.106 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color346.5°, 77.1%, 53.7% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color346.5°, 79.8%, 89.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color34.692, 19.136, 10.882 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color228, 46, 87 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code14954071 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color50.846, 69.199, 22.438 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)50.846, 72.746, 17.965 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color50.846, 128.064, 11.669 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color43.745, 65.007, 15.872 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.536, 0.296, 19.136 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4293144151 / 0xffe42e57 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc3366 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #e42e57

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #e42e57, its pure hue is 346.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 77.1%, and its lightness is 53.7%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #e42e57, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1d060b to #c8284c.

Tints of #e42e57

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #e42e57, its pure hue is 346.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 77.1%, and its lightness is 53.7%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #e42e57, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #e7486c to #fce5ea.

Tones of #e42e57

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #e42e57, its pure hue is 346.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 77.1%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #e42e57, which range from #898989 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff1348 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #e42e57

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #e42e57! For #e42e57, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #e42e57. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #e42e57

This color, #e42e57, consists of 89.4% Red, 18.0% Green, and 34.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 228, Green = 46, Blue = 87. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #e42e57 is 0% Cyan, 79.8% Magenta, 61.8% Yellow, and 10.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R89.4%
C0.0%
G18.0%
M79.8%
B34.1%
Y61.8%
K10.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 228 46 87
Octal 344 56 127
Hexa #e4 #2e #57
Binary 11100100 00101110 01010111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 79 61 10
Octal 0 117 75 12
Hexa #00 #4f #3d #0a
Binary 00000000 01001111 00111101 00001010

Analogous Colors of #e42e57

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #e42e57 — which has hue 346.5° — its analogous colors are located at 16.5° and 346.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e42e57.

Triadic Colors of #e42e57

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #e42e57 — which has hue 346.5° — its triadic colors are located at 106.5° and 346.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e42e57.

Complementary Color of #e42e57

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #e42e57 — which has hue 346.5° — its complementary color is located at 166.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e42e57.

Split Complementary Colors of #e42e57

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #e42e57 — which has hue 346.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 136.5° and 346.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e42e57.

Tetradic Colors of #e42e57

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #e42e57 — which has hue 346.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 256.5°, 346.5°, 76.5°, and 166.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e42e57.

Monochromatic Colors of #e42e57

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #e42e57, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #811b32 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f890a7 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #e42e57

We want to make getting started with #e42e57 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #e42e57 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #e42e57 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #e42e57 with other HTML elements.

#e42e57 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #e42e57.
<span style="color: #e42e57;">The color of this text is #e42e57.</span>

#e42e57 Background Color

The background color for this text is #e42e57.
<div style="background-color: #e42e57; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #e42e57.</div>

#e42e57 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #e42e57.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #e42e57;">This color for the shadow of this text is #e42e57.</span>

#e42e57 Border Color

This is a div with border color #e42e57.
<div style="border: #e42e57 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #e42e57.</div>

#e42e57 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #e42e57 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e42e57; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e42e57 on a white background.</div></div>

#e42e57 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #e42e57 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e42e57; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e42e57 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #e42e57 to White

This is a gradient from #e42e57 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e42e57,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e42e57 to white.</div>

Gradient from #e42e57 to Black

This is a gradient from #e42e57 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e42e57,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e42e57,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e42e57 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #e42e57

In addition to using #e42e57 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #e42e57 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #e42e57, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 228, Green = 46, Blue = 87). If you need details about the color coordinates of #e42e57 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #e42e57
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(228, 46, 87)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #e42e57; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #e42e57; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #e42e57; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(228, 46, 87);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#e42e57")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:228, green:46, blue:87, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:228 green:46 blue:87 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(228f, 46f, 87f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(228, 46, 87);
 

#e42e57 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #e42e57 the same way. For those with color blindness, #e42e57 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #e42e57 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #e42e57 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #e42e57 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #e42e57 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #e42e57 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 4.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #e42e57 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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