HEX Color #E2003A (Crimson)

About #E2003A

When working with digital screens, the color #E2003A is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 0 green, and 58 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 74% yellow, and 11% black. The HSL representation is 344.6° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2003A

RGB226, 0, 58

HSL344.6°, 100.0%, 44.3%

CMYK0%, 100%, 74%, 11%

HSV344.6°, 100.0%, 88.6%

LAB47.6, 74.2, 35.8

XYZ32.1, 16.5, 5.5

Decimal14811194

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E2003A #00E2A8

Analogous

#E200AA #E23700

Triadic

#39E200 #0039E2

Tetradic

#AAE200 #00E2A8 #3700E2

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E2003A

#E51C4F

#E83865

#EB557B

#EE7191

#F28DA7

#F5AABD

#F8C6D3

#FBE2E9

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E2003A

#C80033

#AF002D

#960026

#7D0020

#640019

#4B0013

#32000C

#190006

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.89:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.29:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.67:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.65:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2003A; }

.text-color { color: #E2003A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2003A; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C