Colour

#E2003B

#E2003B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2003B is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 59 and HSL 344°, 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

#E2003B#E2003B

HEX#E2003B

RGBrgb(226, 0, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.2314

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(344.3, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,195

CSS custom property--colour: #E2003B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1DFFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C553Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8033no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F90023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.7 Firebrick · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 24.6 Brown · ΔE 26.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.9 Indian red · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.7, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2A7

Analogous#E200AC, #E23600

Triadic#3BE200, #003BE2

Split complementary#00E236, #00ACE2

Tetradic#ACE200, #00E2A7, #3600E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFC4

Lighter +30%#FF7C9E

Lighter +20%#FF4979

Lighter +10%#FF1653

Darker −10%#AF002E

Darker −20%#7C0020

Darker −30%#490013

Darker −40%#160006

More saturated +25%#E2003B

Less saturated −25%#C61C48

Channel breakdown

R226

B59

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue344.34°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 3B

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