#E92C2C

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.

About #E92C2C

When working with digital screens, the color #E92C2C is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. In the RGB color space, it consists of 233 red, 44 green, and 44 blue.

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 81% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 81.1% saturation, and 54.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E92C2C
RGB233, 44, 44
HSL0.0°, 81.1%, 54.3%
CMYK0%, 81%, 81%, 9%
HSV0.0°, 81.1%, 91.4%
LAB51.0, 69.3, 47.7
XYZ35.0, 19.3, 4.3
Decimal15281196

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.32:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.86:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.13:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.13:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E92C2C; }
.text-color { color: #E92C2C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E92C2C; }

Similar Colors

Crimson
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