Information about #E50300 color

#E50300 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E50300 falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(229, 3, 0) — 89.8% red, 1.2% green, 0% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 89 / 90 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E50300 is a intensely saturated red 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 practically indistinguishable from Electric Red (#E60000). Slightly further away sit Pyrotect Red (#E10000) and J15 RED (#F00000).

In RGB terms — rgb(229, 3, 0) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.3:1. #E50300 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#E50300 color variations

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

#E50300 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 #E50300

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E50300
  • RGB229, 3, 0
  • CMYK0, 89, 90, 10
  • CSSrgb(229, 3, 0)
  • HSL1°, 100%, 45%
  • HSL Precise0.786°, 100%, 44.902%
  • HSV1°, 100%, 90%
  • HSB1°, 100%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.898
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.012
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.898, 0.012, 0.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.898, 0.012, 0.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.898, 0.012, 0.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB89.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB1.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE50300
  • DECIMAL ID15008512
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01