Colour

#E20025

#E20025
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20025 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 37 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

#E20025#E20025

HEX#E20025

RGBrgb(226, 0, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.1451

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(350.2, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 83.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,173

CSS custom property--colour: #E20025;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16302WCAG 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#1DFFDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5423no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F7F18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F90018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 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 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Red · ΔE 21.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.8 Orange red · ΔE 24.6 Dark red · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2BD

Analogous#E20096, #E24C00

Triadic#25E200, #0025E2

Split complementary#00E24C, #0096E2

Tetradic#96E200, #00E2BD, #4C00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFBC

Lighter +30%#FF7C91

Lighter +20%#FF4967

Lighter +10%#FF163C

Darker −10%#AF001D

Darker −20%#7C0014

Darker −30%#49000C

Darker −40%#160004

More saturated +25%#E20025

Less saturated −25%#C61C38

Channel breakdown

R226

B37

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue350.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 25

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