Recognised as Colour

#E10C27

#E10C27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E10C27 is a red with RGB values 225, 12, 39 and HSL 352°, 90%, 46%. 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

#E10C27#E10C27

HEX#E10C27

RGBrgb(225, 12, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.0471, 0.1529

RGB percentages88.2%, 4.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(352.4, 89.9%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 94.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 94.7%, 82.7%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,748,711

CSS custom property--colour: #E10C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#1EF3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5525no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F801Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.9 Firebrick · ΔE 20.5 Tomato · ΔE 20.7 Red · ΔE 22.9 Orange red · ΔE 25.2 Dark red · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0CE1C6

Analogous#E10C92, #E15C0C

Triadic#27E10C, #0C27E1

Split complementary#0CE15C, #0C91E1

Tetradic#91E10C, #0CE1C6, #5B0CE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCBDC5

Lighter +30%#F98D9B

Lighter +20%#F65D70

Lighter +10%#F42C46

Darker −10%#B1091F

Darker −20%#800716

Darker −30%#50040E

Darker −40%#1F0205

More saturated +25%#ED001E

Less saturated −25%#C32A3D

Channel breakdown

R225

G12

B39

Red225 (88.2%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue352.39°

Saturation (HSL)89.87%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 0C · B 27

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