Recognised as Colour

#EA253B

#EA253B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EA253B is a red with RGB values 234, 37, 59 and HSL 353°, 82%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EA253B#EA253B

HEX#EA253B

RGBrgb(234, 37, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.1451, 0.2314

RGB percentages91.8%, 14.5%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(353.3, 82.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 84.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 84.2%, 74.8%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,344,955

CSS custom property--colour: #EA253B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#15DAC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675E3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#978833no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.9 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Firebrick · ΔE 19.6 Brown · ΔE 27.1 Red · ΔE 29.3 Orange red · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25EAD4

Analogous#EA259D, #EA7125

Triadic#3BEA25, #253BEA

Split complementary#25EA71, #259DEA

Tetradic#9EEA25, #25EAD4, #7225EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCDFE2

Lighter +30%#F7B1B8

Lighter +20%#F3828F

Lighter +10%#EE5465

Darker −10%#C91328

Darker −20%#9A0F1E

Darker −30%#6C0A15

Darker −40%#3D060C

More saturated +25%#FF102B

Less saturated −25%#CC4352

Channel breakdown

R234

G37

B59

Red234 (91.8%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue353.3°

Saturation (HSL)82.43%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G 25 · B 3B

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