Recognised as Colour

#E0053E

#E0053E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E0053E is a red with RGB values 224, 5, 62 and HSL 344°, 96%, 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

#E0053E#E0053E

HEX#E0053E

RGBrgb(224, 5, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.0196, 0.2431

RGB percentages87.8%, 2%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(344.4, 95.6%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.4, 97.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 97.8%, 72.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,681,406

CSS custom property--colour: #E0053E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#1FFAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B553Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7F37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F70026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.6 Firebrick · ΔE 19.9 Tomato · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 25.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.7 Indian red · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.62, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05E0A7

Analogous#E005AC, #E03905

Triadic#3EE005, #053EE0

Split complementary#05E039, #05ACE0

Tetradic#ACE005, #05E0A7, #3905E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDB4C7

Lighter +30%#FC82A2

Lighter +20%#FB507C

Lighter +10%#FA1E57

Darker −10%#AE0430

Darker −20%#7C0322

Darker −30%#4A0215

Darker −40%#180107

More saturated +25%#E5003C

Less saturated −25%#C3224C

Channel breakdown

R224

B62

Red224 (87.8%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue344.38°

Saturation (HSL)95.63%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 05 · B 3E

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