#e20000

Color #e20000

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Red #ff0000 · ΔE 10.93 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e20000

RGB

rgb(226, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(47.2, 73.11, 61.34)

LCH

lch(47.2, 95.43, 40)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.2353, 29.23)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00e2e2

Analogous

#e20071

#e20000

#e27100

Triadic

#e20000

#00e200

#0000e2

Split-complementary

#e20000

#00e271

#0071e2

Tetradic

#e20000

#e2e200

#00e2e2

#0000e2

Square

#e20000

#71e200

#00e2e2

#7100e2

Shades

Color #e20000 mixed toward black.

#bc0000

#970000

#710000

#4b0000

#260000

Tints

Color #e20000 mixed toward white.

#ff1212

#ff4242

#ff7171

#ffa0a0

#ffd0d0

Tones

Color #e20000 mixed toward gray.

#cf1313

#bc2626

#a93838

#974b4b

#845e5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afae00 · ΔE 53.7

Deuteranopia

#b7c100 · ΔE 58.9

Tritanopia

#dd0000 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 30.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e20000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e20000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e20000 (#e20000) is rgb(226, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #e20000 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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