Recognised as Colour

#E30048

#E30048
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E30048 is a red with RGB values 227, 0, 72 and HSL 341°, 100%, 45%. 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

#E30048#E30048

HEX#E30048

RGBrgb(227, 0, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0, 0.2824

RGB percentages89%, 0%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(341, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341, 100%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 68.3%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,876,744

CSS custom property--colour: #E30048;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#1CFFB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5748no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FA002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.1 Firebrick · ΔE 23.2 Brown · ΔE 27.5 Tomato · ΔE 29 Indian red · ΔE 31.2 Dark red · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E39B

Analogous#E300B9, #E32A00

Triadic#48E300, #0048E3

Split complementary#00E32A, #00B9E3

Tetradic#B9E300, #00E39B, #2A00E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB0C9

Lighter +30%#FF7DA6

Lighter +20%#FF4A83

Lighter +10%#FF1761

Darker −10%#B00038

Darker −20%#7D0028

Darker −30%#4A0017

Darker −40%#170007

More saturated +25%#E30048

Less saturated −25%#C71C52

Channel breakdown

R227

B72

Red227 (89%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue340.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 00 · B 48

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