Recognised as Colour

#E0110E

#E0110E
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Nearest: Red

#E0110E is a red with RGB values 224, 17, 14 and HSL 1°, 88%, 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

#E0110E#E0110E

HEX#E0110E

RGBrgb(224, 17, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.0667, 0.0549

RGB percentages87.8%, 6.7%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(0.9, 88.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 93.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 92.4%, 93.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,684,430

CSS custom property--colour: #E0110E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.3 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#3D3D3D

Inverted#1FEEF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615505no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77 from the original

Deuteranopia#907F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F80017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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

Red · ΔE 14.7 Orange red · ΔE 16 Tomato · ΔE 22.7 Crimson · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 26.1 Dark red · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EDDE0

Analogous#E00E74, #E07A0E

Triadic#0EE011, #110EE0

Split complementary#0EE07A, #0E74E0

Tetradic#74E00E, #0EDDE0, #7A0EE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC0BF

Lighter +30%#F8908F

Lighter +20%#F5615F

Lighter +10%#F2322F

Darker −10%#B00D0B

Darker −20%#800A08

Darker −30%#500605

Darker −40%#200202

More saturated +25%#EE0300

Less saturated −25%#C22E2C

Channel breakdown

R224

G17

B14

Red224 (87.8%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue0.86°

Saturation (HSL)88.24%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 11 · B 0E

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