Recognised as Colour

#E20036

#E20036
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20036 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 54 and HSL 346°, 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

#E20036#E20036

HEX#E20036

RGBrgb(226, 0, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.2118

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(345.7, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.7, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,190

CSS custom property--colour: #E20036;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1DFFC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5535no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E802Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F90020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20 Tomato · ΔE 23.4 Brown · ΔE 27.4 Red · ΔE 30.3 Dark red · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2AC

Analogous#E200A7, #E23B00

Triadic#36E200, #0036E2

Split complementary#00E23B, #00A7E2

Tetradic#A7E200, #00E2AC, #3B00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFC2

Lighter +30%#FF7C9B

Lighter +20%#FF4974

Lighter +10%#FF164E

Darker −10%#AF002A

Darker −20%#7C001E

Darker −30%#490011

Darker −40%#160005

More saturated +25%#E20036

Less saturated −25%#C61C45

Channel breakdown

R226

B54

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue345.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 36

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