Information about #E71C31 color

#E71C31 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E71C31 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(231, 28, 49) — 90.6% red, 11% green, 19.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 80 / 71 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E71C31 is a vivid, lively red that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Sprint Red (#EC2131). Slightly further away sit Husker Red (#E41C38) and Chiefs Red (#E31837).

In RGB terms — rgb(231, 28, 49) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.6:1. #E71C31 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#E71C31 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E71C31 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E71C31

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E71C31
  • RGB231, 28, 49
  • CMYK0, 80, 71, 9
  • CSSrgb(231, 28, 49)
  • HSL354°, 81%, 51%
  • HSL Precise353.793°, 80.876%, 50.784%
  • HSV354°, 88%, 91%
  • HSB354°, 88%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.110, 0.192)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.110, 0.192, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.110, 0.192)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE71C31
  • DECIMAL ID15146033
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01