Recognised as Colour

#E8020B

#E8020B
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Nearest: Red

#E8020B is a red with RGB values 232, 2, 11 and HSL 358°, 98%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#E8020B#E8020B

HEX#E8020B

RGBrgb(232, 2, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.0078, 0.0431

RGB percentages91%, 0.8%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(357.7, 98.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.7, 99.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 99.1%, 95.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,204,875

CSS custom property--colour: #E8020B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.9 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 black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#17FDF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625601no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#948300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 10.6 Orange red · ΔE 14.7 Tomato · ΔE 25.2 Crimson · ΔE 26.2 Firebrick · ΔE 30.2 Dark red · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02E8DF

Analogous#E8027E, #E86C02

Triadic#0BE802, #020BE8

Split complementary#02E86C, #027EE8

Tetradic#7EE802, #02E8DF, #6C02E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEB8BA

Lighter +30%#FE858A

Lighter +20%#FE5259

Lighter +10%#FD2029

Darker −10%#B50209

Darker −20%#830106

Darker −30%#500104

Darker −40%#1E0001

More saturated +25%#EA0009

Less saturated −25%#CB1F26

Channel breakdown

R232

B11

Red232 (91%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue357.65°

Saturation (HSL)98.29%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 02 · B 0B

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