Recognised as Colour

#E20031

#E20031
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20031 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 49 and HSL 347°, 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

#E20031#E20031

HEX#E20031

RGBrgb(226, 0, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.1922

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(347, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 78.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,185

CSS custom property--colour: #E20031;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1DFFCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5530no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8028no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F9001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.9 Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Tomato · ΔE 22.5 Red · ΔE 27.6 Brown · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2B1

Analogous#E200A2, #E24000

Triadic#31E200, #0031E2

Split complementary#00E240, #00A2E2

Tetradic#A2E200, #00E2B1, #4000E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFC0

Lighter +30%#FF7C98

Lighter +20%#FF4970

Lighter +10%#FF1649

Darker −10%#AF0026

Darker −20%#7C001B

Darker −30%#490010

Darker −40%#160005

More saturated +25%#E20031

Less saturated −25%#C61C41

Channel breakdown

R226

B49

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue346.99°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 31

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