Recognised as Colour

#E0243C

#E0243C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E0243C is a red with RGB values 224, 36, 60 and HSL 352°, 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

#E0243C#E0243C

HEX#E0243C

RGBrgb(224, 36, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1412, 0.2353

RGB percentages87.8%, 14.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(352.3, 75.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 83.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 83.9%, 73.2%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,689,340

CSS custom property--colour: #E0243C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1

Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#1FDBC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625B3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#908235no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F70030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.4 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Tomato · ΔE 20.5 Brown · ΔE 23.1 Dark red · ΔE 28.1 Indian red · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.37, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24E0C8

Analogous#E0249A, #E06A24

Triadic#3CE024, #243CE0

Split complementary#24E06A, #249AE0

Tetradic#9AE024, #24E0C8, #6A24E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D7DB

Lighter +30%#F3AAB3

Lighter +20%#ED7D8C

Lighter +10%#E65164

Darker −10%#B71A2E

Darker −20%#8A1423

Darker −30%#5E0D18

Darker −40%#31070C

More saturated +25%#FF0525

Less saturated −25%#C14353

Channel breakdown

R224

G36

B60

Red224 (87.8%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue352.34°

Saturation (HSL)75.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 24 · B 3C

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