Colour

#E20024

#E20024
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20024 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 36 and HSL 350°, 100%, 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

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HEX#E20024

RGBrgb(226, 0, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.1412

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(350.4, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 84.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,172

CSS custom property--colour: #E20024;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#1DFFDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5422no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F7F16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FA0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.5 Red · ΔE 21.2 Tomato · ΔE 21.7 Firebrick · ΔE 22 Orange red · ΔE 24.1 Dark red · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2BE

Analogous#E20095, #E24D00

Triadic#24E200, #0024E2

Split complementary#00E24D, #0095E2

Tetradic#95E200, #00E2BE, #4D00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFBC

Lighter +30%#FF7C91

Lighter +20%#FF4966

Lighter +10%#FF163B

Darker −10%#AF001C

Darker −20%#7C0014

Darker −30%#49000C

Darker −40%#160004

More saturated +25%#E20024

Less saturated −25%#C61C37

Channel breakdown

R226

B36

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue350.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 24

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