Recognised as Colour

#EB040F

#EB040F
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Nearest: Red

#EB040F is a red with RGB values 235, 4, 15 and HSL 357°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EB040F#EB040F

HEX#EB040F

RGBrgb(235, 4, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.0157, 0.0588

RGB percentages92.2%, 1.6%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(357.1, 96.7%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.1, 98.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 93.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,401,999

CSS custom property--colour: #EB040F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#14FBF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645806no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#968500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 10.4 Orange red · ΔE 14.9 Tomato · ΔE 25 Crimson · ΔE 25.9 Firebrick · ΔE 30.5 Dark red · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04EBE0

Analogous#EB0483, #EB6D04

Triadic#0FEB04, #040FEB

Split complementary#04EB6D, #0483EB

Tetradic#82EB04, #04EBE0, #6C04EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEBDC0

Lighter +30%#FD8B90

Lighter +20%#FC5961

Lighter +10%#FB2731

Darker −10%#B9030C

Darker −20%#870209

Darker −30%#550105

Darker −40%#220102

More saturated +25%#EF000B

Less saturated −25%#CD222A

Channel breakdown

R235

B15

Red235 (92.2%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue357.14°

Saturation (HSL)96.65%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 04 · B 0F

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