Recognised as Colour

#EB3E27

#EB3E27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#EB3E27 is a red with RGB values 235, 62, 39 and HSL 7°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

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HEX#EB3E27

RGBrgb(235, 62, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.2431, 0.1529

RGB percentages92.2%, 24.3%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(7, 83.1%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7, 83.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 73.6%, 83.4%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,416,871

CSS custom property--colour: #EB3E27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#14C1D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746722no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 12.6 Orange red · ΔE 17.5 Crimson · ΔE 20.7 Red · ΔE 21.6 Firebrick · ΔE 22.1 Coral · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27D4EB

Analogous#EB2772, #EBA027

Triadic#27EB3E, #3E27EB

Split complementary#27EBA0, #2772EB

Tetradic#72EB27, #27D4EB, #A027EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE5E2

Lighter +30%#F8BBB3

Lighter +20%#F49184

Lighter +10%#EF6856

Darker −10%#CC2913

Darker −20%#9D1F0F

Darker −30%#6F160A

Darker −40%#400D06

More saturated +25%#FF2F13

Less saturated −25%#CE5545

Channel breakdown

R235

G62

B39

Red235 (92.2%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue7.04°

Saturation (HSL)83.05%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G 3E · B 27

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