Recognised as Colour

#EA0003

#EA0003
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#EA0003 is a red with RGB values 234, 0, 3 and HSL 359°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EA0003#EA0003

HEX#EA0003

RGBrgb(234, 0, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0, 0.0118

RGB percentages91.8%, 0%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(359.2, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 98.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,335,427

CSS custom property--colour: #EA0003;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#15FFFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#958400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 8.4 Orange red · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 26.8 Crimson · ΔE 28.9 Firebrick · ΔE 32.6 Coral · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#00EAE7

Analogous#EA0078, #EA7200

Triadic#03EA00, #0003EA

Split complementary#00EA72, #0078EA

Tetradic#78EA00, #00EAE7, #7200EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFB7B8

Lighter +30%#FF8486

Lighter +20%#FF5153

Lighter +10%#FF1E21

Darker −10%#B70002

Darker −20%#840002

Darker −30%#510001

Darker −40%#1E0000

More saturated +25%#EA0003

Less saturated −25%#CD1D1F

Channel breakdown

R234

Red234 (91.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue359.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G 00 · B 03

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