Recognised as Colour

#E2152F

#E2152F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2152F is a red with RGB values 226, 21, 47 and HSL 352°, 83%, 48%. 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

#E2152F#E2152F

HEX#E2152F

RGBrgb(226, 21, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.0824, 0.1843

RGB percentages88.6%, 8.2%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(352.4, 83%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 90.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 90.7%, 79.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,816,559

CSS custom property--colour: #E2152F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1691WCAG 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 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#1DEAD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#60572Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#908125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F90024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.2 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Tomato · ΔE 20.2 Red · ΔE 26.3 Brown · ΔE 27.4 Orange red · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15E2C8

Analogous#E21596, #E26115

Triadic#2FE215, #152FE2

Split complementary#15E261, #1596E2

Tetradic#96E215, #15E2C8, #6115E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAC9CF

Lighter +30%#F69AA6

Lighter +20%#F16C7D

Lighter +10%#ED3D53

Darker −10%#B31125

Darker −20%#850C1C

Darker −30%#560812

Darker −40%#270408

More saturated +25%#F7001F

Less saturated −25%#C33446

Channel breakdown

R226

G21

B47

Red226 (88.6%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue352.39°

Saturation (HSL)83%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 15 · B 2F

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