Recognised as Colour

#E20043

#E20043
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20043 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 67 and HSL 342°, 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

#E20043#E20043

HEX#E20043

RGBrgb(226, 0, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.2627

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(342.2, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.2, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,203

CSS custom property--colour: #E20043;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#1DFFBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5643no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D803Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F90027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.8 Firebrick · ΔE 21.7 Brown · ΔE 26.9 Tomato · ΔE 27.2 Indian red · ΔE 31.4 Dark red · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.8, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E29F

Analogous#E200B4, #E22E00

Triadic#43E200, #0043E2

Split complementary#00E22E, #00B4E2

Tetradic#B4E200, #00E29F, #2E00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFC7

Lighter +30%#FF7CA3

Lighter +20%#FF497F

Lighter +10%#FF165B

Darker −10%#AF0034

Darker −20%#7C0025

Darker −30%#490016

Darker −40%#160007

More saturated +25%#E20043

Less saturated −25%#C61C4E

Channel breakdown

R226

B67

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue342.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 43

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