Recognised as Colour

#E2003D

#E2003D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2003D is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 61 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

#E2003D#E2003D

HEX#E2003D

RGBrgb(226, 0, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.2392

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(343.8, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.8, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,197

CSS custom property--colour: #E2003D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1DFFC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C553Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8035no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F90024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.6 Tomato · ΔE 25.2 Brown · ΔE 26.8 Dark red · ΔE 31.3 Indian red · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.45, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E2A5

Analogous#E200AE, #E23400

Triadic#3DE200, #003DE2

Split complementary#00E234, #00AEE2

Tetradic#AEE200, #00E2A5, #3400E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFC5

Lighter +30%#FF7C9F

Lighter +20%#FF497A

Lighter +10%#FF1655

Darker −10%#AF002F

Darker −20%#7C0021

Darker −30%#490014

Darker −40%#160006

More saturated +25%#E2003D

Less saturated −25%#C61C4A

Channel breakdown

R226

B61

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue343.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 3D

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