Recognised as Colour

#E2000C

#E2000C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E2000C is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 12 and HSL 357°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E2000C#E2000C

HEX#E2000C

RGBrgb(226, 0, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.0471

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(356.8, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 94.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,148

CSS custom property--colour: #E2000C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 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 black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#1DFFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5303no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#907F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FA000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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 text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 13 Orange red · ΔE 16.1 Tomato · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 24.4 Firebrick · ΔE 27.8 Dark red · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 13.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2D6

Analogous#E2007D, #E26500

Triadic#0CE200, #000CE2

Split complementary#00E265, #007DE2

Tetradic#7DE200, #00E2D6, #6500E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFB3

Lighter +30%#FF7C83

Lighter +20%#FF4953

Lighter +10%#FF1622

Darker −10%#AF0009

Darker −20%#7C0007

Darker −30%#490004

Darker −40%#160001

More saturated +25%#E2000C

Less saturated −25%#C61C25

Channel breakdown

R226

B12

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue356.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 0C

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