Recognised as Colour
#E00518
- #E00518
- Red
- Dark
- Nearest: Red
#E00518 is a red with RGB values 224, 5, 24 and HSL 355°, 96%, 45%. 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
#E00518#E00518
HEX#E00518
RGBrgb(224, 5, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.0196, 0.0941
RGB percentages87.8%, 2%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(354.8, 95.6%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.8, 97.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 97.8%, 89.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,681,368
CSS custom property--colour: #E00518;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#1FFAE7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#05E0CD
Analogous#E00585, #E05F05
Triadic#18E005, #0518E0
Split complementary#05E05F, #0585E0
Tetradic#86E005, #05E0CD, #6005E0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R224
G5
B24
Red224 (87.8%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue354.79°
Saturation (HSL)95.63%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 05 · B 18
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