Recognised as Colour

#E20900

#E20900
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E20900 is a red with RGB values 226, 9, 0 and HSL 2°, 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 Red.

Colour values

#E20900#E20900

HEX#E20900

RGBrgb(226, 9, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.0353, 0

RGB percentages88.6%, 3.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(2.4, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.4, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 96%, 100%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,813,440

CSS custom property--colour: #E20900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#1DF6FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#918000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FA0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 11.2 Orange red · ΔE 13.4 Tomato · ΔE 25.6 Crimson · ΔE 27.9 Firebrick · ΔE 30.1 Dark red · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 11.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D9E2

Analogous#E20068, #E27A00

Triadic#00E209, #0900E2

Split complementary#00E27A, #0068E2

Tetradic#68E200, #00D9E2, #7A00E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB2AF

Lighter +30%#FF817C

Lighter +20%#FF5049

Lighter +10%#FF1F16

Darker −10%#AF0700

Darker −20%#7C0500

Darker −30%#490300

Darker −40%#160100

More saturated +25%#E20900

Less saturated −25%#C6231C

Channel breakdown

R226

Red226 (88.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue2.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 09 · B 00

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