Colour

#E0005C

#E0005C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E0005C is a red with RGB values 224, 0, 92 and HSL 335°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E0005C#E0005C

HEX#E0005C

RGBrgb(224, 0, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0, 0.3608

RGB percentages87.8%, 0%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(335.4, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.4, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 58.9%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,680,156

CSS custom property--colour: #E0005C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#1FFFA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#55575Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#897F57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F50035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 19 Deep pink · ΔE 24.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.8 Firebrick · ΔE 31 Brown · ΔE 31.6 Indian red · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 19.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E084

Analogous#E000CC, #E01400

Triadic#5CE000, #005CE0

Split complementary#00E014, #00CCE0

Tetradic#CCE000, #00E084, #1400E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFADCF

Lighter +30%#FF7AB1

Lighter +20%#FF4793

Lighter +10%#FF1475

Darker −10%#AD0047

Darker −20%#7A0032

Darker −30%#47001D

Darker −40%#140008

More saturated +25%#E0005C

Less saturated −25%#C41C61

Channel breakdown

R224

B92

Red224 (87.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue335.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 00 · B 5C

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