Information about #E50048 color

#E50048 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #E50048 belongs to the Rose Color Family, featuring Full Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(229, 0, 72) (89.8% red, 0% green, 28.2% blue), or CMYK 0 / 90 / 62 / 10 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength romantic rose, #E50048 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Scarlet Sorcery (#DD0247). Slightly further away sit UA Red (#D9004C) and Red Ribbon (#ED0A3F).

In RGB terms — rgb(229, 0, 72) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #E50048: 4.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#E50048 color variations

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

#E50048 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 #E50048

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

UA Red color link
UA Red

#D9004C

Red Ribbon color link
Red Ribbon

#ED0A3F

Pinkish Red color link
Pinkish Red

#F10C45

Pink Red color link
Pink Red

#F5054F

Utah Crimson color link
Utah Crimson

#D3003F

Debian Red color link
Debian Red

#D70A53

Raspberry color link
Raspberry

#E30B5D

Rubine Red color link
Rubine Red

#D10056

Crimson color link
Crimson

#DC143C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E50048
  • RGB229, 0, 72
  • CMYK0, 90, 62, 10
  • CSSrgb(229, 0, 72)
  • HSL341°, 100%, 45%
  • HSL Precise341.135°, 100%, 44.902%
  • HSV341°, 100%, 90%
  • HSB341°, 100%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.898
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • GLSLvec3(0.898, 0.000, 0.282)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.898, 0.000, 0.282, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.898, 0.000, 0.282)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB89.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE50048
  • DECIMAL ID15007816
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01