Recognised as Colour

#E3005C

#E3005C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E3005C is a red with RGB values 227, 0, 92 and HSL 336°, 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

#E3005C#E3005C

HEX#E3005C

RGBrgb(227, 0, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0, 0.3608

RGB percentages89%, 0%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(335.7, 100%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.7, 100%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 59.5%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,876,764

CSS custom property--colour: #E3005C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#1CFFA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57585Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8157no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F90035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 18.3 Deep pink · ΔE 24.6 Firebrick · ΔE 30.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.8 Brown · ΔE 31.9 Indian red · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 18.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00E387

Analogous#E300CD, #E31600

Triadic#5CE300, #005CE3

Split complementary#00E316, #00CDE3

Tetradic#CDE300, #00E387, #1600E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB0D0

Lighter +30%#FF7DB2

Lighter +20%#FF4A93

Lighter +10%#FF1775

Darker −10%#B00047

Darker −20%#7D0033

Darker −30%#4A001E

Darker −40%#170009

More saturated +25%#E3005C

Less saturated −25%#C71C61

Channel breakdown

R227

B92

Red227 (89%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue335.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 00 · B 5C

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