Recognised as Colour

#E20056

#E20056
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20056 is a red with RGB values 226, 0, 86 and HSL 337°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E20056

RGBrgb(226, 0, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0, 0.3373

RGB percentages88.6%, 0%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(337.2, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.2, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 61.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,811,222

CSS custom property--colour: #E20056;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#1DFFA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#585757no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8050no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F80032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15 Deep pink · ΔE 27.7 Firebrick · ΔE 28.3 Brown · ΔE 30 Indian red · ΔE 31.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E28C

Analogous#E200C7, #E21B00

Triadic#56E200, #0056E2

Split complementary#00E21B, #00C7E2

Tetradic#C7E200, #00E28C, #1B00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFAFCD

Lighter +30%#FF7CAE

Lighter +20%#FF498E

Lighter +10%#FF166F

Darker −10%#AF0043

Darker −20%#7C002F

Darker −30%#49001C

Darker −40%#160008

More saturated +25%#E20056

Less saturated −25%#C61C5D

Channel breakdown

R226

B86

Red226 (88.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue337.17°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 00 · B 56

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