Recognised as Colour

#E0422A

#E0422A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E0422A is a red with RGB values 224, 66, 42 and HSL 8°, 75%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E0422A#E0422A

HEX#E0422A

RGBrgb(224, 66, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.2588, 0.1647

RGB percentages87.8%, 25.9%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(7.9, 74.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.9, 81.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 70.5%, 81.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,697,002

CSS custom property--colour: #E0422A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.98:1

Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#1FBDD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716525no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#988822no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F7003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 10.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.3 Crimson · ΔE 19.4 Coral · ΔE 21.3 Orange red · ΔE 22.5 Chocolate · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AC8E0

Analogous#E02A6D, #E09D2A

Triadic#2AE042, #422AE0

Split complementary#2AE09D, #2A6DE0

Tetradic#6DE02A, #2AC8E0, #9D2AE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE0DC

Lighter +30%#F3B9B0

Lighter +20%#ED9183

Lighter +10%#E66A57

Darker −10%#BC301B

Darker −20%#8F2515

Darker −30%#63190E

Darker −40%#360E08

More saturated +25%#FF2C0C

Less saturated −25%#C25849

Channel breakdown

R224

G66

B42

Red224 (87.8%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue7.91°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 42 · B 2A

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