Recognised as Colour

#EE024D

#EE024D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EE024D is a red with RGB values 238, 2, 77 and HSL 341°, 98%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EE024D#EE024D

HEX#EE024D

RGBrgb(238, 2, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.0078, 0.302

RGB percentages93.3%, 0.8%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(340.9, 98.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.9, 99.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 99.2%, 67.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,598,157

CSS custom property--colour: #EE024D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#11FDB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5B4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#948746no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.2 Firebrick · ΔE 26.2 Tomato · ΔE 29.3 Brown · ΔE 30.8 Indian red · ΔE 33.5 Deep pink · ΔE 35.2

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#02EEA3

Analogous#EE02C3, #EE2D02

Triadic#4DEE02, #024DEE

Split complementary#02EE2D, #02C3EE

Tetradic#C3EE02, #02EEA3, #2D02EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEBED2

Lighter +30%#FE8BB0

Lighter +20%#FE588D

Lighter +10%#FD266A

Darker −10%#BB023D

Darker −20%#89012C

Darker −30%#56011C

Darker −40%#24000C

More saturated +25%#F0004C

Less saturated −25%#D02058

Channel breakdown

R238

B77

Red238 (93.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue340.93°

Saturation (HSL)98.33%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 02 · B 4D

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