Recognised as Colour

#EB1700

#EB1700
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#EB1700 is a red with RGB values 235, 23, 0 and HSL 6°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EB1700#EB1700

HEX#EB1700

RGBrgb(235, 23, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.0902, 0

RGB percentages92.2%, 9%, 0%

HSLhsl(5.9, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.9, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.2%, 100%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,406,848

CSS custom property--colour: #EB1700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18275WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#14E8FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#988600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 8.6 Orange red · ΔE 10.9 Tomato · ΔE 26 Crimson · ΔE 30.1 Firebrick · ΔE 32.8 Coral · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D4EB

Analogous#EB005F, #EB8C00

Triadic#00EB17, #1700EB

Split complementary#00EB8C, #005FEB

Tetradic#5FEB00, #00D4EB, #8C00EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBFB8

Lighter +30%#FF9185

Lighter +20%#FF6352

Lighter +10%#FF351F

Darker −10%#B81200

Darker −20%#850D00

Darker −30%#520800

Darker −40%#1F0300

More saturated +25%#EB1700

Less saturated −25%#CE2F1D

Channel breakdown

R235

G23

Red235 (92.2%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue5.87°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 17 · B 00

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