#E24957
A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.
About #E24957
Visually, #E24957 is defined as a vivid red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. Its digital footprint relies on 226 parts red, 73 parts green, and 87 parts blue light.
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 68% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#E24957
RGB226, 73, 87
HSL354.5°, 72.5%, 58.6%
CMYK0%, 68%, 62%, 11%
HSV354.5°, 67.7%, 88.6%
LAB53.6, 59.9, 26.0
XYZ35.5, 21.6, 11.3
Decimal14829911
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
3.94:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.32:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.77:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.53:1
Text on #0F172A
AA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #E24957;
}
.text-color {
color: #E24957;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #E24957;
}