Colour

#E22932

#E22932
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E22932 is a red with RGB values 226, 41, 50 and HSL 357°, 76%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E22932#E22932

HEX#E22932

RGBrgb(226, 41, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1608, 0.1961

RGB percentages88.6%, 16.1%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(357.1, 76.1%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.1, 81.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 77.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,821,682

CSS custom property--colour: #E22932;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#1DD6CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665C30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#93842Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F9002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Firebrick · ΔE 16.8 Tomato · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 25.1 Dark red · ΔE 27.5 Red · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29E2D9

Analogous#E2298F, #E27D29

Triadic#32E229, #2932E2

Split complementary#29E27D, #298FE2

Tetradic#8EE229, #29E2D9, #7C29E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADDDE

Lighter +30%#F4B0B3

Lighter +20%#EE8388

Lighter +10%#E8565D

Darker −10%#BE1A22

Darker −20%#91141A

Darker −30%#640E12

Darker −40%#37080A

More saturated +25%#FF0C18

Less saturated −25%#C4474D

Channel breakdown

R226

G41

B50

Red226 (88.6%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue357.08°

Saturation (HSL)76.13%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 29 · B 32

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