Recognised as Colour

#EC0037

#EC0037
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0037 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 55 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

#EC0037#EC0037

HEX#EC0037

RGBrgb(236, 0, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0.2157

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(346, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,551

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0037;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#13FFC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615936no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82 from the original

Deuteranopia#95862Eno 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 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.1 Firebrick · ΔE 23.2 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Red · ΔE 27.3 Orange red · ΔE 30.9 Brown · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00ECB5

Analogous#EC00AD, #EC3F00

Triadic#37EC00, #0037EC

Split complementary#00EC3F, #00ADEC

Tetradic#ADEC00, #00ECB5, #3F00EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9C9

Lighter +30%#FF86A2

Lighter +20%#FF537B

Lighter +10%#FF2054

Darker −10%#B9002B

Darker −20%#86001F

Darker −30%#530013

Darker −40%#200007

More saturated +25%#EC0037

Less saturated −25%#CF1D47

Channel breakdown

R236

B55

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue346.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 37

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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