Colour

#E50F20

#E50F20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E50F20 is a red with RGB values 229, 15, 32 and HSL 355°, 88%, 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 Crimson.

Colour values

#E50F20#E50F20

HEX#E50F20

RGBrgb(229, 15, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.0588, 0.1255

RGB percentages89.8%, 5.9%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(355.2, 87.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.2, 93.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 93.4%, 86%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,011,616

CSS custom property--colour: #E50F20;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness126.2 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#3E3E3E

Inverted#1AF0DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#62571Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#92820Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FD001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 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 17.6 Red · ΔE 18.4 Orange red · ΔE 20.8 Tomato · ΔE 21 Firebrick · ΔE 23.5 Dark red · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0FE5D4

Analogous#E50F8B, #E5690F

Triadic#20E50F, #0F20E5

Split complementary#0FE569, #0F8BE5

Tetradic#8BE50F, #0FE5D4, #690FE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBC5C9

Lighter +30%#F8959D

Lighter +20%#F56571

Lighter +10%#F23544

Darker −10%#B50C19

Darker −20%#850913

Darker −30%#55060C

Darker −40%#260205

More saturated +25%#F40013

Less saturated −25%#C72E3A

Channel breakdown

R229

G15

B32

Red229 (89.8%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue355.23°

Saturation (HSL)87.7%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 0F · B 20

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