Colour

#E00008

#E00008
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E00008 is a red with RGB values 224, 0, 8 and HSL 358°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E00008#E00008

HEX#E00008

RGBrgb(224, 0, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0, 0.0314

RGB percentages87.8%, 0%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(357.9, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.9, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 96.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,680,072

CSS custom property--colour: #E00008;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1

Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#1FFFF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F7E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F8000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 13.1 Orange red · ΔE 15.7 Tomato · ΔE 24.6 Crimson · ΔE 25 Firebrick · ΔE 27.9 Dark red · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E0D8

Analogous#E00078, #E06800

Triadic#08E000, #0008E0

Split complementary#00E068, #0078E0

Tetradic#78E000, #00E0D8, #6800E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFADB0

Lighter +30%#FF7A7F

Lighter +20%#FF474E

Lighter +10%#FF141C

Darker −10%#AD0006

Darker −20%#7A0004

Darker −30%#470003

Darker −40%#140001

More saturated +25%#E00008

Less saturated −25%#C41C22

Channel breakdown

R224

Red224 (87.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue357.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 00 · B 08

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