Recognised as Colour

#E02A2F

#E02A2F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E02A2F is a red with RGB values 224, 42, 47 and HSL 358°, 75%, 52%. 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

#E02A2F#E02A2F

HEX#E02A2F

RGBrgb(224, 42, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.1647, 0.1843

RGB percentages87.8%, 16.5%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(358.4, 74.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 81.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 81.3%, 79%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,690,863

CSS custom property--colour: #E02A2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#1FD5D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665C2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#928326no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F7002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.8 Firebrick · ΔE 16.3 Tomato · ΔE 16.4 Brown · ΔE 24.8 Orange red · ΔE 26.7 Dark red · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AE0DB

Analogous#E02A8A, #E0802A

Triadic#2FE02A, #2A2FE0

Split complementary#2AE080, #2A8AE0

Tetradic#8AE02A, #2AE0DB, #802AE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADCDD

Lighter +30%#F3B0B1

Lighter +20%#ED8386

Lighter +10%#E6575A

Darker −10%#BC1B20

Darker −20%#8F1518

Darker −30%#630E11

Darker −40%#360809

More saturated +25%#FF0C12

Less saturated −25%#C2494C

Channel breakdown

R224

G42

B47

Red224 (87.8%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue358.35°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 2A · B 2F

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Colour values

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