HEX atlas value

#E3441C

#E3441C is a warm red HEX color nearest Cinnabar. RGB 227, 68, 28, HSL 12° 78% 50%, luminance 0.2055; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#E3441C Sample readable text

HEX #E3441C

RGB rgb(227, 68, 28)

HSL hsl(12 78% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 70, 88, 11)

Luminance 0.2055

Contrast Black 5.11:1White 4.11:1

CSS

--color-e3441c: #E3441C;
.background-e3441c { background-color: #E3441C; }
.text-e3441c { color: #E3441C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E3441C

#E3441C is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #E3441C is visually closest to Cinnabar, a named red color with HEX #E44D2E.

The RGB channels are 227, 68, and 28, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 78% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.2055, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.15, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text5.11:1AA Pass

White text4.11:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3441C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000005.11:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.11:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E3A71C#E3A71C · #000000 text · best 9.81:1 #1CBBE3#1CBBE3 · #000000 text · best 9.27:1 #ED876E#ED876E · #000000 text · best 8.29:1 #912B12#912B12 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.21:1 Fire Opal#E95C20 · #000000 text · best 6.02:1

Generated Palette

#E3441C#E3441C

#1CBBE3#1CBBE3

#E31C58#E31C58

#E3A71C#E3A71C

#ED876E#ED876E

#912B12#912B12

Color Harmonies

#1CBBE3#1CBBE3

#E31C58#E31C58

#E3A71C#E3A71C

#1CE344#1CE344

#441CE3#441CE3

Variants

#ED876E#ED876E

#912B12#912B12

#FF3300#FF3300

#C75538#C75538

#E7A797#E7A797

#FF5429#FF5429

Nearest Named Colors

Cinnabar#E44D2E

Vermilion#E34234

Fire Opal#E95C20

Poppy Red#DC343B

Persian Red#CC3333

Luminance0.2055

Black text5.11:1AA Pass

White text4.11:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E3441C","rgb":[227,68,28],"hsl":[12,78,50],"cmyk":[0,70,88,11],"luminance":0.2055,"contrast":{"black":5.11,"white":4.11}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":5.11,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.11,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E3A71C","hex":"#E3A71C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.81,"contrastWhite":2.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#1CBBE3","hex":"#1CBBE3","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.27,"contrastWhite":2.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ED876E","hex":"#ED876E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.29,"contrastWhite":2.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#912B12","hex":"#912B12","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.56,"contrastWhite":8.21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Fire Opal","hex":"#E95C20","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.02,"contrastWhite":3.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Cinnabar adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e3441c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cinnabar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vermilion.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fire-opal.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1CBBE3","analogous":["#E31C58","#E3A71C"],"triadic":["#1CE344","#441CE3"],"tetradic":["#58E31C","#1CBBE3","#A71CE3"],"splitComplementary":["#1CE3A7","#1C58E3"],"monochromatic":["#ED876E","#E3441C","#912B12"]}

Variants

{"light":"#ED876E","dark":"#912B12","saturated":"#FF3300","desaturated":"#C75538","pastel":"#E7A797","neon":"#FF5429"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cinnabar","name":"Cinnabar","hex":"#E44D2E","distance":20.149441679609886},{"slug":"vermilion","name":"Vermilion","hex":"#E34234","distance":24.08318915758459},{"slug":"fire-opal","name":"Fire Opal","hex":"#E95C20","distance":25.059928172283335},{"slug":"poppy-red","name":"Poppy Red","hex":"#DC343B","distance":35.58089374931439},{"slug":"persian-red","name":"Persian Red","hex":"#CC3333","distance":36.701498607005135}]

#E3441C

CSS

About #E3441C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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