Recognised as Colour

#EA2C45

#EA2C45
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EA2C45 is a red with RGB values 234, 44, 69 and HSL 352°, 82%, 55%. 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

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HEX#EA2C45

RGBrgb(234, 44, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.1725, 0.2706

RGB percentages91.8%, 17.3%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(352.1, 81.9%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 81.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 70.5%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,346,757

CSS custom property--colour: #EA2C45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#15D3BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686144no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#97893Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.6 Firebrick · ΔE 19.4 Tomato · ΔE 20.5 Brown · ΔE 25.3 Indian red · ΔE 28.4 Salmon · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.58, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CEAD1

Analogous#EA2CA4, #EA722C

Triadic#45EA2C, #2C45EA

Split complementary#2CEA72, #2CA4EA

Tetradic#A4EA2C, #2CEAD1, #722CEA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE6E9

Lighter +30%#F8B7C0

Lighter +20%#F38997

Lighter +10%#EF5A6E

Darker −10%#CE152D

Darker −20%#A01023

Darker −30%#720B19

Darker −40%#43070F

More saturated +25%#FF1736

Less saturated −25%#CD495A

Channel breakdown

R234

G44

B69

Red234 (91.8%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue352.11°

Saturation (HSL)81.9%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G 2C · B 45

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