Recognised as Colour

#EE0139

#EE0139
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EE0139 is a red with RGB values 238, 1, 57 and HSL 346°, 99%, 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

#EE0139#EE0139

HEX#EE0139

RGBrgb(238, 1, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.0039, 0.2235

RGB percentages93.3%, 0.4%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(345.8, 99.2%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.8, 99.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 99.6%, 76.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,597,881

CSS custom property--colour: #EE0139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#11FEC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625A38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#968730no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.2 Tomato · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 23.8 Red · ΔE 27.7 Brown · ΔE 31.4 Orange red · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01EEB6

Analogous#EE01B0, #EE3F01

Triadic#39EE01, #0139EE

Split complementary#01EE3F, #01B0EE

Tetradic#B0EE01, #01EEB6, #3F01EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBCCC

Lighter +30%#FF89A5

Lighter +20%#FE577E

Lighter +10%#FE2457

Darker −10%#BB012D

Darker −20%#880121

Darker −30%#560015

Darker −40%#230008

More saturated +25%#EF0038

Less saturated −25%#D01F49

Channel breakdown

R238

B57

Red238 (93.3%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue345.82°

Saturation (HSL)99.16%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 01 · B 39

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