Recognised as Colour

#EE002D

#EE002D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EE002D is a red with RGB values 238, 0, 45 and HSL 349°, 100%, 47%. 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

#EE002D#EE002D

HEX#EE002D

RGBrgb(238, 0, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0, 0.1765

RGB percentages93.3%, 0%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(348.7, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.7, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 81.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,597,613

CSS custom property--colour: #EE002D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#11FFD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63592Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#978721no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.3 Red · ΔE 21.3 Tomato · ΔE 22.4 Firebrick · ΔE 25 Orange red · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00EEC1

Analogous#EE00A4, #EE4A00

Triadic#2DEE00, #002DEE

Split complementary#00EE4A, #00A4EE

Tetradic#A4EE00, #00EEC1, #4A00EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBBC8

Lighter +30%#FF889F

Lighter +20%#FF5575

Lighter +10%#FF224C

Darker −10%#BB0023

Darker −20%#88001A

Darker −30%#550010

Darker −40%#220006

More saturated +25%#EE002D

Less saturated −25%#D01E40

Channel breakdown

R238

B45

Red238 (93.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue348.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 00 · B 2D

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