#E22C49

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.

About #E22C49

When working with digital screens, the color #E22C49 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Crimson. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 44 green, and 73 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 81% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 350.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 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#E22C49
RGB226, 44, 73
HSL350.4°, 75.8%, 52.9%
CMYK0%, 81%, 68%, 11%
HSV350.4°, 80.5%, 88.6%
LAB50.0, 68.4, 29.7
XYZ33.5, 18.5, 8.1
Decimal14822473

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.48:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.69:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.28:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.99:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E22C49; }
.text-color { color: #E22C49; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E22C49; }

Similar Colors

Crimson
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