Recognised as Colour

#E2002A

#E2002A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2002A is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 42 and HSL 349°, 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

#E2002A#E2002A

HEX#E2002A

RGBrgb(226, 0, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.1647

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(348.8, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 81.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,178

CSS custom property--colour: #E2002A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1

Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#1DFFD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5428no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F801Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F9001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.9 Tomato · ΔE 21.7 Red · ΔE 24.1 Orange red · ΔE 26.9 Brown · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2B8

Analogous#E2009B, #E24700

Triadic#2AE200, #002AE2

Split complementary#00E247, #009BE2

Tetradic#9BE200, #00E2B8, #4700E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFBE

Lighter +30%#FF7C94

Lighter +20%#FF496B

Lighter +10%#FF1641

Darker −10%#AF0021

Darker −20%#7C0017

Darker −30%#49000E

Darker −40%#160004

More saturated +25%#E2002A

Less saturated −25%#C61C3C

Channel breakdown

R226

B42

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue348.85°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 2A

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