Recognised as Colour

#E00355

#E00355
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E00355 is a red with RGB values 224, 3, 85 and HSL 338°, 97%, 45%. 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

#E00355#E00355

HEX#E00355

RGBrgb(224, 3, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.0118, 0.3333

RGB percentages87.8%, 1.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(337.7, 97.4%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.7, 98.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 98.7%, 62.1%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,680,917

CSS custom property--colour: #E00355;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#1FFCAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#575756no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7F50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F60032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.6 Deep pink · ΔE 28.2 Brown · ΔE 29.2 Indian red · ΔE 30.5 Medium violet red · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#03E08E

Analogous#E003C4, #E01F03

Triadic#55E003, #0355E0

Split complementary#03E01F, #03C3E0

Tetradic#C3E003, #03E08E, #1F03E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEB1CE

Lighter +30%#FD7FAE

Lighter +20%#FD4C8E

Lighter +10%#FC1A6E

Darker −10%#AE0242

Darker −20%#7B022F

Darker −30%#49011C

Darker −40%#170009

More saturated +25%#E30054

Less saturated −25%#C41F5C

Channel breakdown

R224

B85

Red224 (87.8%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue337.74°

Saturation (HSL)97.36%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 03 · B 55

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