Recognised as Colour

#EB3C39

#EB3C39
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EB3C39 is a red with RGB values 235, 60, 57 and HSL 1°, 82%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EB3C39#EB3C39

HEX#EB3C39

RGBrgb(235, 60, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.2353, 0.2235

RGB percentages92.2%, 23.5%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(1, 81.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 75.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 74.5%, 75.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,416,377

CSS custom property--colour: #EB3C39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#14C3C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716737no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8D32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.4 Tomato · ΔE 12.5 Firebrick · ΔE 17.9 Coral · ΔE 25.2 Brown · ΔE 25.6 Orange red · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#39E8EB

Analogous#EB398F, #EB9539

Triadic#39EB3C, #3C39EB

Split complementary#39EB95, #398FEB

Tetradic#8FEB39, #39E8EB, #9539EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF2F2

Lighter +30%#F9C5C4

Lighter +20%#F49796

Lighter +10%#F06A67

Darker −10%#DB1916

Darker −20%#AD1411

Darker −30%#7E0F0D

Darker −40%#500908

More saturated +25%#FF2925

Less saturated −25%#D05654

Channel breakdown

R235

G60

B57

Red235 (92.2%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue1.01°

Saturation (HSL)81.65%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 3C · B 39

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