Recognised as Colour

#ED004F

#ED004F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#ED004F is a red with RGB values 237, 0, 79 and HSL 340°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#ED004F#ED004F

HEX#ED004F

RGBrgb(237, 0, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0, 0.3098

RGB percentages92.9%, 0%, 31%

HSLhsl(340, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 66.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,532,111

CSS custom property--colour: #ED004F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#12FFB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5B4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#938749no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.1 Firebrick · ΔE 26.7 Tomato · ΔE 30.3 Brown · ΔE 30.9 Indian red · ΔE 33.3 Deep pink · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00ED9E

Analogous#ED00C5, #ED2700

Triadic#4FED00, #004FED

Split complementary#00ED27, #00C6ED

Tetradic#C5ED00, #00ED9E, #2800ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBAD1

Lighter +30%#FF87AF

Lighter +20%#FF548D

Lighter +10%#FF216B

Darker −10%#BA003E

Darker −20%#87002D

Darker −30%#54001C

Darker −40%#21000B

More saturated +25%#ED004F

Less saturated −25%#CF1E59

Channel breakdown

R237

B79

Red237 (92.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue340°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G 00 · B 4F

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