Recognised as Colour

#E02337

#E02337
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E02337 is a red with RGB values 224, 35, 55 and HSL 354°, 75%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E02337#E02337

HEX#E02337

RGBrgb(224, 35, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1373, 0.2157

RGB percentages87.8%, 13.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(353.7, 75.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.7, 84.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 84.4%, 75.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,689,079

CSS custom property--colour: #E02337;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#1FDCC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625A36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#90822Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F7002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 16.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.3 Brown · ΔE 23.9 Dark red · ΔE 27.6 Indian red · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23E0CC

Analogous#E02395, #E06E23

Triadic#37E023, #2337E0

Split complementary#23E06E, #2395E0

Tetradic#95E023, #23E0CC, #6E23E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D6DA

Lighter +30%#F3A9B1

Lighter +20%#ED7C88

Lighter +10%#E65060

Darker −10%#B61A2A

Darker −20%#8A1320

Darker −30%#5D0D16

Darker −40%#30070B

More saturated +25%#FF041F

Less saturated −25%#C14250

Channel breakdown

R224

G35

B55

Red224 (87.8%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue353.65°

Saturation (HSL)75.3%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 23 · B 37

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