#E20724

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.

About #E20724

When working with digital screens, the color #E20724 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Crimson. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 226, 7, and 36.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 97% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 352.1° hue, 94.0% saturation, and 45.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E20724
RGB226, 7, 36
HSL352.1°, 94.0%, 45.7%
CMYK0%, 97%, 84%, 11%
HSV352.1°, 96.9%, 88.6%
LAB47.6, 73.0, 48.1
XYZ31.8, 16.4, 3.2
Decimal14812964

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.90:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.29:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.68:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.65:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E20724; }
.text-color { color: #E20724; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E20724; }

Similar Colors

Crimson
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