Recognised as Colour

#EE022C

#EE022C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EE022C is a red with RGB values 238, 2, 44 and HSL 349°, 98%, 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

#EE022C#EE022C

HEX#EE022C

RGBrgb(238, 2, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.0078, 0.1725

RGB percentages93.3%, 0.8%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(349.3, 98.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.3, 99.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 99.2%, 81.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,598,124

CSS custom property--colour: #EE022C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18402WCAG 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 4.68:1

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

Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#11FDD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63592Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#978720no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 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 text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.8 Red · ΔE 20.8 Tomato · ΔE 22.3 Orange red · ΔE 24.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1 Brown · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02EEC4

Analogous#EE02A2, #EE4E02

Triadic#2CEE02, #022CEE

Split complementary#02EE4E, #02A2EE

Tetradic#A2EE02, #02EEC4, #4E02EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEBEC9

Lighter +30%#FE8B9F

Lighter +20%#FE5876

Lighter +10%#FD264C

Darker −10%#BB0223

Darker −20%#890119

Darker −30%#560110

Darker −40%#240007

More saturated +25%#F0002B

Less saturated −25%#D0203F

Channel breakdown

R238

B44

Red238 (93.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue349.32°

Saturation (HSL)98.33%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 02 · B 2C

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