Recognised as Colour

#E01A2A

#E01A2A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E01A2A is a red with RGB values 224, 26, 42 and HSL 355°, 79%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E01A2A

RGBrgb(224, 26, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.102, 0.1647

RGB percentages87.8%, 10.2%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(355.2, 79.2%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.2, 88.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 88.4%, 81.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,686,762

CSS custom property--colour: #E01A2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#1FE5D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615728no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#90801Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F70024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.6 Firebrick · ΔE 18.6 Tomato · ΔE 19.1 Red · ΔE 24.7 Orange red · ΔE 25.9 Brown · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1AE0D0

Analogous#E01A8D, #E06D1A

Triadic#2AE01A, #1A2AE0

Split complementary#1AE06D, #1A8DE0

Tetradic#8DE01A, #1AE0D0, #6D1AE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9CDD0

Lighter +30%#F49FA6

Lighter +20%#EF717C

Lighter +10%#E94451

Darker −10%#B21521

Darker −20%#850F19

Darker −30%#570A10

Darker −40%#290508

More saturated +25%#FA0014

Less saturated −25%#C13944

Channel breakdown

R224

G26

B42

Red224 (87.8%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue355.15°

Saturation (HSL)79.2%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 1A · B 2A

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Colour values

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