Recognised as Colour

#EC0036

#EC0036
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0036 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 54 and HSL 346°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EC0036#EC0036

HEX#EC0036

RGBrgb(236, 0, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0.2118

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(346.3, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.3, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 77.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,550

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0036;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#13FFC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615935no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82 from the original

Deuteranopia#95862Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Tomato · ΔE 23.1 Firebrick · ΔE 23.3 Red · ΔE 26.8 Orange red · ΔE 30.4 Brown · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00ECB6

Analogous#EC00AC, #EC4000

Triadic#36EC00, #0036EC

Split complementary#00EC40, #00ACEC

Tetradic#ACEC00, #00ECB6, #4000EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9C9

Lighter +30%#FF86A2

Lighter +20%#FF537A

Lighter +10%#FF2053

Darker −10%#B9002A

Darker −20%#86001F

Darker −30%#530013

Darker −40%#200007

More saturated +25%#EC0036

Less saturated −25%#CF1D46

Channel breakdown

R236

B54

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue346.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 36

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