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Recognised as Colour

#EA235D

  • #EA235D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Crimson

#EA235D is a red with RGB values 234, 35, 93 and HSL 343°, 83%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EA235D#EA235D
HEX#EA235D
RGBrgb(234, 35, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.1373, 0.3647
RGB percentages91.8%, 13.7%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(342.5, 82.6%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 85%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 85%, 60.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,344,477
CSS custom property--colour: #EA235D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#15DCA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#61615Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77 from the original
Deuteranopia#938858no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.9Deep pink · ΔE 27.9Firebrick · ΔE 28Indian red · ΔE 28.9Brown · ΔE 29.7Tomato · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23EAB0
Analogous#EA23C0, #EA4D23
Triadic#5DEA23, #235DEA
Split complementary#23EA4C, #23C0EA
Tetradic#C1EA23, #23EAB0, #4D23EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCDDE6
Lighter +30%#F7AFC4
Lighter +20%#F380A2
Lighter +10%#EE527F
Darker −10%#C71347
Darker −20%#980F37
Darker −30%#6A0A26
Darker −40%#3B0615
More saturated +25%#FF0E54
Less saturated −25%#CC416A

Channel breakdown

R234
G35
B93
Red234 (91.8%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue342.51°
Saturation (HSL)82.57%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 23 · B 5D

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