Recognised as Colour

#EB3C26

#EB3C26
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#EB3C26 is a red with RGB values 235, 60, 38 and HSL 7°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#EB3C26#EB3C26

HEX#EB3C26

RGBrgb(235, 60, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.2353, 0.149

RGB percentages92.2%, 23.5%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(6.7, 83.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.7, 83.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 74.5%, 83.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,416,358

CSS custom property--colour: #EB3C26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#14C3D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#736621no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8C1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0039no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 13.3 Orange red · ΔE 17.2 Crimson · ΔE 20.7 Red · ΔE 20.9 Firebrick · ΔE 22.4 Coral · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26D5EB

Analogous#EB2672, #EB9F26

Triadic#26EB3C, #3C26EB

Split complementary#26EB9E, #2673EB

Tetradic#73EB26, #26D5EB, #9E26EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE4E1

Lighter +30%#F8BAB2

Lighter +20%#F49083

Lighter +10%#EF6655

Darker −10%#CB2713

Darker −20%#9D1E0E

Darker −30%#6E150A

Darker −40%#3F0C06

More saturated +25%#FF2C12

Less saturated −25%#CD5344

Channel breakdown

R235

G60

B38

Red235 (92.2%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue6.7°

Saturation (HSL)83.12%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 3C · B 26

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