Information about #E1142C color

#E1142C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E1142C falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(225, 20, 44) — 88.2% red, 7.8% green, 17.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 80 / 71 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E1142C presents itself as a strongly colored warm red — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Geranium Lake (#E31230). Slightly further away sit Phillies Red (#E81828) and Chiefs Red (#E31837).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(225, 20, 44)), which gives #E1142C its character. On this background, white text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E1142C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E1142C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E1142C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E1142C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Phillies Red color link
Phillies Red

#E81828

Chiefs Red color link
Chiefs Red

#E31837

Husker Red color link
Husker Red

#E41C38

Google Red color link
Google Red

#D50F25

Virgin Lust color link
Virgin Lust

#E4181E

Ajax Red color link
Ajax Red

#D2122E

Red-Orange color link
Red-Orange

#E32224

Crimson color link
Crimson

#DC143C

Lust color link
Lust

#E62020

Sprint Red color link
Sprint Red

#EC2131

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E1142C
  • RGB225, 20, 44
  • CMYK0, 80, 71, 12
  • CSSrgb(225, 20, 44)
  • HSL353°, 84%, 48%
  • HSL Precise352.976°, 83.673%, 48.039%
  • HSV353°, 91%, 88%
  • HSB353°, 91%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.078
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • GLSLvec3(0.882, 0.078, 0.173)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.882, 0.078, 0.173, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.882, 0.078, 0.173)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB7.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE1142C
  • DECIMAL ID14750764
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01