Recognised as Colour

#E41218

#E41218
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#E41218 is a red with RGB values 228, 18, 24 and HSL 358°, 85%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E41218#E41218

HEX#E41218

RGBrgb(228, 18, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.0706, 0.0941

RGB percentages89.4%, 7.1%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(358.3, 85.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.3, 92.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 92.1%, 89.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,946,840

CSS custom property--colour: #E41218;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#1BEDE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625713no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#928200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FC001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 15.8 Orange red · ΔE 17.9 Crimson · ΔE 20.9 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1 Dark red · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 15.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12E4DE

Analogous#E41281, #E47512

Triadic#18E412, #1218E4

Split complementary#12E475, #1281E4

Tetradic#81E412, #12E4DE, #7512E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC7C9

Lighter +30%#F7989B

Lighter +20%#F3696D

Lighter +10%#EF3A3F

Darker −10%#B50E13

Darker −20%#850B0E

Darker −30%#560709

Darker −40%#270304

More saturated +25%#F60007

Less saturated −25%#C53135

Channel breakdown

R228

G18

B24

Red228 (89.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue358.29°

Saturation (HSL)85.37%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 12 · B 18

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