HEX Color #E21106 (Red)

About #E21106

When working with digital screens, the color #E21106 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Red. Its digital footprint relies on 226 parts red, 17 parts green, and 6 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 92% 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. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E21106

RGB226, 17, 6

HSL3.0°, 94.8%, 45.5%

CMYK0%, 92%, 97%, 11%

HSV3.0°, 97.3%, 88.6%

LAB47.7, 71.7, 59.8

XYZ31.6, 16.6, 1.7

Decimal14815494

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E21106 #06D6E1

Analogous

#E10668 #E17E06

Triadic

#06E111 #1006E1

Tetradic

#68E106 #06D6E1 #7E06E1

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E21106

#E52B21

#E8453D

#EB6059

#EE7A74

#F29590

#F5AFAC

#F8CAC7

#FBE4E3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E21106

#C80F05

#AF0D04

#960B04

#7D0903

#640702

#4B0502

#320301

#190100

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.86:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.32:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.65:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.67:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E21106; }

.text-color { color: #E21106; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E21106; }

Similar Colors

Red

#FF0000