Recognised as Colour

#E20625

#E20625
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E20625 is a red with RGB values 226, 6, 37 and HSL 352°, 95%, 45%. 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

#E20625#E20625

HEX#E20625

RGBrgb(226, 6, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.0235, 0.1451

RGB percentages88.6%, 2.4%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(351.5, 94.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.5, 97.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 97.3%, 83.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,812,709

CSS custom property--colour: #E20625;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 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#373737

Inverted#1DF9DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5523no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8018no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F9001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 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 14.1 Tomato · ΔE 21.2 Firebrick · ΔE 21.5 Red · ΔE 21.7 Orange red · ΔE 24.3 Dark red · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06E2C3

Analogous#E20693, #E25506

Triadic#25E206, #0625E2

Split complementary#06E255, #0693E2

Tetradic#93E206, #06E2C3, #5506E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDB7C1

Lighter +30%#FC8596

Lighter +20%#FA546B

Lighter +10%#F92240

Darker −10%#B0051D

Darker −20%#7F0315

Darker −30%#4D020D

Darker −40%#1B0104

More saturated +25%#E80021

Less saturated −25%#C5233A

Channel breakdown

R226

B37

Red226 (88.6%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue351.55°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 06 · B 25

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