#E21616

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Red.

About #E21616

When working with digital screens, the color #E21616 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Red. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 22 green, and 22 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 90% Magenta, 90% Yellow, and 11% Black. With a hue angle of 0.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. 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#E21616
RGB226, 22, 22
HSL0.0°, 82.3%, 48.6%
CMYK0%, 90%, 90%, 11%
HSV0.0°, 90.3%, 88.6%
LAB48.0, 71.2, 54.9
XYZ31.8, 16.8, 2.3
Decimal14816790

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.82:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.36:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.60:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.71:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E21616; }
.text-color { color: #E21616; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E21616; }

Similar Colors

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