Recognised as Colour

#E30036

#E30036
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E30036 is a red with RGB values 227, 0, 54 and HSL 346°, 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

#E30036#E30036

HEX#E30036

RGBrgb(227, 0, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0, 0.2118

RGB percentages89%, 0%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(345.7, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.7, 100%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,876,726

CSS custom property--colour: #E30036;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#1CFFC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5535no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F802Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FA0021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.9 Firebrick · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Brown · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 29.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E3AD

Analogous#E300A7, #E33B00

Triadic#36E300, #0036E3

Split complementary#00E33B, #00A7E3

Tetradic#A8E300, #00E3AD, #3C00E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB0C3

Lighter +30%#FF7D9C

Lighter +20%#FF4A75

Lighter +10%#FF174E

Darker −10%#B0002A

Darker −20%#7D001E

Darker −30%#4A0012

Darker −40%#170005

More saturated +25%#E30036

Less saturated −25%#C71C45

Channel breakdown

R227

B54

Red227 (89%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue345.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 00 · B 36

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