Colour

#EC0000

#EC0000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#EC0000 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 0 and HSL 0°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EC0000#EC0000

HEX#EC0000

RGBrgb(236, 0, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 0%

HSLhsl(0, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,496

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#13FFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82 from the original

Deuteranopia#978500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 7.1 Orange red · ΔE 12.6 Tomato · ΔE 27.7 Crimson · ΔE 30.2 Firebrick · ΔE 33.9 Coral · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00ECEC

Analogous#EC0076, #EC7600

Triadic#00EC00, #0000EC

Split complementary#00EC76, #0076EC

Tetradic#76EC00, #00ECEC, #7600EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9B9

Lighter +30%#FF8686

Lighter +20%#FF5353

Lighter +10%#FF2020

Darker −10%#B90000

Darker −20%#860000

Darker −30%#530000

Darker −40%#200000

More saturated +25%#EC0000

Less saturated −25%#CF1D1D

Channel breakdown

R236

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 00

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