Recognised as Colour

#EE294A

#EE294A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EE294A is a red with RGB values 238, 41, 74 and HSL 350°, 85%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EE294A#EE294A

HEX#EE294A

RGBrgb(238, 41, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.1608, 0.2902

RGB percentages93.3%, 16.1%, 29%

HSLhsl(349.9, 85.3%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.9, 82.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 82.8%, 68.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,608,138

CSS custom property--colour: #EE294A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#11D6B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68624Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77 from the original

Deuteranopia#998B44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.7 Tomato · ΔE 22.6 Brown · ΔE 27 Indian red · ΔE 29.4 Salmon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29EECD

Analogous#EE29AC, #EE6A29

Triadic#4AEE29, #294AEE

Split complementary#29EE6A, #29ACEE

Tetradic#ADEE29, #29EECD, #6B29EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE6EA

Lighter +30%#F9B7C2

Lighter +20%#F6879A

Lighter +10%#F25872

Darker −10%#D31131

Darker −20%#A40D26

Darker −30%#75091B

Darker −40%#450610

More saturated +25%#FF183F

Less saturated −25%#D1465D

Channel breakdown

R238

G41

B74

Red238 (93.3%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue349.95°

Saturation (HSL)85.28%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 29 · B 4A

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