Recognised as Colour

#EB233A

#EB233A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EB233A is a red with RGB values 235, 35, 58 and HSL 353°, 83%, 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

#EB233A#EB233A

HEX#EB233A

RGBrgb(235, 35, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.1373, 0.2275

RGB percentages92.2%, 13.7%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(353.1, 83.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 85.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 85.1%, 75.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,409,978

CSS custom property--colour: #EB233A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#14DCC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675E39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#978832no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.5 Tomato · ΔE 19.4 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Brown · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 28.5 Orange red · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23EBD4

Analogous#EB239E, #EB7023

Triadic#3AEB23, #233AEB

Split complementary#23EB70, #239EEB

Tetradic#9EEB23, #23EBD4, #7023EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCDEE1

Lighter +30%#F8AFB8

Lighter +20%#F3818E

Lighter +10%#EF5264

Darker −10%#C91227

Darker −20%#9A0E1E

Darker −30%#6B0A15

Darker −40%#3D060C

More saturated +25%#FF0F2B

Less saturated −25%#CD4151

Channel breakdown

R235

G35

B58

Red235 (92.2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue353.1°

Saturation (HSL)83.33%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 23 · B 3A

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