Recognised as Colour

#E03359

#E03359
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E03359 is a red with RGB values 224, 51, 89 and HSL 347°, 74%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E03359#E03359

HEX#E03359

RGBrgb(224, 51, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.2, 0.349

RGB percentages87.8%, 20%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(346.8, 73.6%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 77.2%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 77.2%, 60.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,693,209

CSS custom property--colour: #E03359;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#1FCCA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#646259no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#908554no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F50043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.9 Indian red · ΔE 22.2 Firebrick · ΔE 23.2 Brown · ΔE 23.7 Salmon · ΔE 28.5 Light coral · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#33E0BA

Analogous#E033AF, #E06333

Triadic#59E033, #3359E0

Split complementary#33E063, #33AFE0

Tetradic#B0E033, #33E0BA, #6433E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE4E9

Lighter +30%#F4B8C5

Lighter +20%#ED8CA1

Lighter +10%#E75F7D

Darker −10%#C21E42

Darker −20%#961733

Darker −30%#6A1024

Darker −40%#3E0915

More saturated +25%#FD1649

Less saturated −25%#C35069

Channel breakdown

R224

G51

B89

Red224 (87.8%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue346.82°

Saturation (HSL)73.62%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 33 · B 59

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