Recognised as Colour

#E01012

#E01012
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E01012 is a red with RGB values 224, 16, 18 and HSL 359°, 87%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E01012#E01012

HEX#E01012

RGBrgb(224, 16, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.0627, 0.0706

RGB percentages87.8%, 6.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(359.4, 86.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.4, 92.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 92.9%, 92%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,684,178

CSS custom property--colour: #E01012;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16262WCAG 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 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#1FEFED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#60550Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#907F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F80018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 15.6 Orange red · ΔE 17.1 Crimson · ΔE 22.1 Tomato · ΔE 22.2 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Dark red · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 15.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#10E0DE

Analogous#E0107A, #E07610

Triadic#12E010, #1012E0

Split complementary#10E076, #107AE0

Tetradic#7AE010, #10E0DE, #7610E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC1C2

Lighter +30%#F79293

Lighter +20%#F46264

Lighter +10%#F03334

Darker −10%#B00D0E

Darker −20%#81090A

Darker −30%#510607

Darker −40%#220203

More saturated +25%#F00002

Less saturated −25%#C22E2F

Channel breakdown

R224

G16

B18

Red224 (87.8%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue359.42°

Saturation (HSL)86.67%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 10 · B 12

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