Recognised as Colour

#E30026

#E30026
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E30026 is a red with RGB values 227, 0, 38 and HSL 350°, 100%, 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

#E30026#E30026

HEX#E30026

RGBrgb(227, 0, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0, 0.149

RGB percentages89%, 0%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(350, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 100%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 83.3%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,876,710

CSS custom property--colour: #E30026;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#1CFFD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5524no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80 from the original

Deuteranopia#908019no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FB0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.8 Tomato · ΔE 21.7 Red · ΔE 21.8 Firebrick · ΔE 22 Orange red · ΔE 24.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E3BD

Analogous#E30098, #E34B00

Triadic#26E300, #0026E3

Split complementary#00E34B, #0098E3

Tetradic#98E300, #00E3BD, #4B00E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB0BD

Lighter +30%#FF7D93

Lighter +20%#FF4A68

Lighter +10%#FF173E

Darker −10%#B0001D

Darker −20%#7D0015

Darker −30%#4A000C

Darker −40%#170004

More saturated +25%#E30026

Less saturated −25%#C71C39

Channel breakdown

R227

B38

Red227 (89%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue349.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 00 · B 26

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