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Recognised as Colour

#E0225E

  • #E0225E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Crimson

#E0225E is a red with RGB values 224, 34, 94 and HSL 341°, 75%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E0225E#E0225E
HEX#E0225E
RGBrgb(224, 34, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1333, 0.3686
RGB percentages87.8%, 13.3%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(341.1, 75.4%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.1, 84.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 84.8%, 58%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,688,862
CSS custom property--colour: #E0225E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#1FDDA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C5D5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8259no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F5003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17.8Deep pink · ΔE 26.2Indian red · ΔE 27.5Firebrick · ΔE 28.5Brown · ΔE 28.6Medium violet red · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22E0A4
Analogous#E022BD, #E04522
Triadic#5EE022, #225EE0
Split complementary#22E045, #22BDE0
Tetradic#BDE022, #22E0A4, #4522E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9D5E0
Lighter +30%#F3A8C0
Lighter +20%#ED7B9F
Lighter +10%#E64F7F
Darker −10%#B6194B
Darker −20%#891338
Darker −30%#5C0D26
Darker −40%#2F0714
More saturated +25%#FF0353
Less saturated −25%#C1426A

Channel breakdown

R224
G34
B94
Red224 (87.8%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue341.05°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 22 · B 5E

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