Colour

#E02022

#E02022
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E02022 is a red with RGB values 224, 32, 34 and HSL 359°, 76%, 50%. 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

#E02022#E02022

HEX#E02022

RGBrgb(224, 32, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1255, 0.1333

RGB percentages87.8%, 12.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(359.4, 75.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.4, 85.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 84.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,688,290

CSS custom property--colour: #E02022;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#1FDFDD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63581Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#918115no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F70025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16 Tomato · ΔE 18.2 Firebrick · ΔE 20 Red · ΔE 21.4 Orange red · ΔE 21.6 Dark red · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20E0DE

Analogous#E02082, #E07E20

Triadic#22E020, #2022E0

Split complementary#20E07E, #2082E0

Tetradic#82E020, #20E0DE, #7E20E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D3D3

Lighter +30%#F3A6A7

Lighter +20%#EC7A7B

Lighter +10%#E64D4E

Darker −10%#B4191B

Darker −20%#871314

Darker −30%#5A0D0D

Darker −40%#2E0607

More saturated +25%#FF0104

Less saturated −25%#C04041

Channel breakdown

R224

G32

B34

Red224 (87.8%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue359.38°

Saturation (HSL)75.59%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 20 · B 22

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Colour values

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