Recognised as Colour

#E50E36

#E50E36
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E50E36 is a red with RGB values 229, 14, 54 and HSL 349°, 88%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E50E36#E50E36

HEX#E50E36

RGBrgb(229, 14, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.0549, 0.2118

RGB percentages89.8%, 5.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(348.8, 88.5%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 93.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 93.9%, 76.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,011,382

CSS custom property--colour: #E50E36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#1AF1C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605835no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#91822Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FC0024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Tomato · ΔE 22 Brown · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 29 Dark red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EE5BD

Analogous#E50EA1, #E5510E

Triadic#36E50E, #0E36E5

Split complementary#0EE551, #0EA1E5

Tetradic#A2E50E, #0EE5BD, #520EE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC4CE

Lighter +30%#F894A6

Lighter +20%#F5647F

Lighter +10%#F33357

Darker −10%#B50B2B

Darker −20%#85081F

Darker −30%#550514

Darker −40%#250209

More saturated +25%#F3002D

Less saturated −25%#C72C49

Channel breakdown

R229

G14

B54

Red229 (89.8%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue348.84°

Saturation (HSL)88.48%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 0E · B 36

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