Colour

#E8044E

#E8044E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E8044E is a red with RGB values 232, 4, 78 and HSL 341°, 97%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E8044E#E8044E

HEX#E8044E

RGBrgb(232, 4, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.0157, 0.3059

RGB percentages91%, 1.6%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(340.5, 96.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.5, 98.3%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 66.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,205,454

CSS custom property--colour: #E8044E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#17FBB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D594Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#908448no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 29.3 Tomato · ΔE 30.3 Indian red · ΔE 31.8 Deep pink · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04E89E

Analogous#E804C0, #E82C04

Triadic#4EE804, #044EE8

Split complementary#04E82C, #04C0E8

Tetradic#C0E804, #04E89E, #2C04E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEBAD0

Lighter +30%#FD88AE

Lighter +20%#FC568C

Lighter +10%#FB246A

Darker −10%#B6033D

Darker −20%#84022C

Darker −30%#52011B

Darker −40%#1F010B

More saturated +25%#EC004D

Less saturated −25%#CA2258

Channel breakdown

R232

B78

Red232 (91%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue340.53°

Saturation (HSL)96.61%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 04 · B 4E

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