Recognised as Colour

#E00027

#E00027
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E00027 is a red with RGB values 224, 0, 39 and HSL 350°, 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 Crimson.

Colour values

#E00027#E00027

HEX#E00027

RGBrgb(224, 0, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0, 0.1529

RGB percentages87.8%, 0%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(349.6, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.6, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 82.6%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,680,103

CSS custom property--colour: #E00027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1

Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#1FFFD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7E1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F70019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.4 Firebrick · ΔE 20.6 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Red · ΔE 23.4 Orange red · ΔE 26 Dark red · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E0B9

Analogous#E00097, #E04900

Triadic#27E000, #0027E0

Split complementary#00E049, #0097E0

Tetradic#97E000, #00E0B9, #4900E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFADBB

Lighter +30%#FF7A91

Lighter +20%#FF4767

Lighter +10%#FF143D

Darker −10%#AD001E

Darker −20%#7A0015

Darker −30%#47000C

Darker −40%#140003

More saturated +25%#E00027

Less saturated −25%#C41C39

Channel breakdown

R224

B39

Red224 (87.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue349.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 00 · B 27

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