Colour

#E0282D

#E0282D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E0282D is a red with RGB values 224, 40, 45 and HSL 358°, 75%, 52%. 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

#E0282D#E0282D

HEX#E0282D

RGBrgb(224, 40, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1569, 0.1765

RGB percentages87.8%, 15.7%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(358.4, 74.8%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 82.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 82.1%, 79.9%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,690,349

CSS custom property--colour: #E0282D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17554WCAG 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 4.66:1

Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#1FD7D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655B2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#928224no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F7002Dno 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 text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.5 Tomato · ΔE 16.7 Firebrick · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 25.5 Orange red · ΔE 25.9 Red · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28E0DB

Analogous#E02889, #E07F28

Triadic#2DE028, #282DE0

Split complementary#28E07F, #2889E0

Tetradic#89E028, #28E0DB, #7F28E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADADB

Lighter +30%#F3AEB0

Lighter +20%#ED8184

Lighter +10%#E65559

Darker −10%#BA1B1F

Darker −20%#8E1418

Darker −30%#610E10

Darker −40%#340809

More saturated +25%#FF0910

Less saturated −25%#C1474A

Channel breakdown

R224

G40

B45

Red224 (87.8%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue358.37°

Saturation (HSL)74.8%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 28 · B 2D

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Colour values

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