Recognised as Colour

#E22C30

#E22C30
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E22C30 is a red with RGB values 226, 44, 48 and HSL 359°, 76%, 53%. 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

#E22C30#E22C30

HEX#E22C30

RGBrgb(226, 44, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1725, 0.1882

RGB percentages88.6%, 17.3%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(358.7, 75.8%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.7, 80.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 80.5%, 78.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,822,448

CSS custom property--colour: #E22C30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#1DD3CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675D2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#948427no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F90030no 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 text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.1 Tomato · ΔE 16 Firebrick · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 25.3 Orange red · ΔE 26.4 Red · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CE2DE

Analogous#E22C8B, #E2832C

Triadic#30E22C, #2C30E2

Split complementary#2CE283, #2C8BE2

Tetradic#8BE22C, #2CE2DE, #832CE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDFE0

Lighter +30%#F4B3B4

Lighter +20%#EE8688

Lighter +10%#E8595C

Darker −10%#C11A1E

Darker −20%#941417

Darker −30%#670E10

Darker −40%#3A0809

More saturated +25%#FF0F14

Less saturated −25%#C44A4D

Channel breakdown

R226

G44

B48

Red226 (88.6%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue358.68°

Saturation (HSL)75.83%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 2C · B 30

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