Recognised as Colour

#EA3246

#EA3246
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EA3246 is a red with RGB values 234, 50, 70 and HSL 353°, 81%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#EA3246

RGBrgb(234, 50, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.1961, 0.2745

RGB percentages91.8%, 19.6%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(353.5, 81.4%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.5, 78.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 78.6%, 70.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,348,294

CSS custom property--colour: #EA3246;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#15CDB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B6345no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#988A40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 18.6 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Brown · ΔE 24.4 Indian red · ΔE 27 Salmon · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32EAD6

Analogous#EA32A2, #EA7A32

Triadic#46EA32, #3246EA

Split complementary#32EA7A, #32A2EA

Tetradic#A2EA32, #32EAD6, #7A32EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDEBED

Lighter +30%#F8BDC3

Lighter +20%#F38F99

Lighter +10%#EF6070

Darker −10%#D3162A

Darker −20%#A51121

Darker −30%#770C18

Darker −40%#49070F

More saturated +25%#FF1D36

Less saturated −25%#CE4E5C

Channel breakdown

R234

G50

B70

Red234 (91.8%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue353.48°

Saturation (HSL)81.42%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G 32 · B 46

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