Recognised as Colour

#E1012E

#E1012E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E1012E is a red with RGB values 225, 1, 46 and HSL 348°, 99%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E1012E#E1012E

HEX#E1012E

RGBrgb(225, 1, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.0039, 0.1804

RGB percentages88.2%, 0.4%, 18%

HSLhsl(347.9, 99.1%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.9, 99.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 99.6%, 79.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,745,902

CSS custom property--colour: #E1012E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1EFED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D542Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E7F24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F8001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.1 Firebrick · ΔE 19.9 Tomato · ΔE 22 Red · ΔE 26.4 Brown · ΔE 28.3 Orange red · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01E1B4

Analogous#E1019E, #E14401

Triadic#2EE101, #012EE1

Split complementary#01E144, #019EE1

Tetradic#9EE101, #01E1B4, #4401E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFBF

Lighter +30%#FE7D97

Lighter +20%#FE4A6E

Lighter +10%#FE1745

Darker −10%#AE0124

Darker −20%#7B0119

Darker −30%#49000F

Darker −40%#160004

More saturated +25%#E2002D

Less saturated −25%#C51D3F

Channel breakdown

R225

B46

Red225 (88.2%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue347.95°

Saturation (HSL)99.12%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 01 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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