Recognised as Colour

#EC0055

#EC0055
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0055 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 85 and HSL 338°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EC0055#EC0055

HEX#EC0055

RGBrgb(236, 0, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0.3333

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(338.4, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.4, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 64%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,581

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0055;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#13FFAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5B56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#92864Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13 Firebrick · ΔE 28.5 Deep pink · ΔE 30 Brown · ΔE 31.6 Tomato · ΔE 33 Indian red · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00EC97

Analogous#EC00CB, #EC2100

Triadic#55EC00, #0055EC

Split complementary#00EC21, #00CBEC

Tetradic#CBEC00, #00EC97, #2100EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9D2

Lighter +30%#FF86B2

Lighter +20%#FF5391

Lighter +10%#FF2070

Darker −10%#B90043

Darker −20%#860030

Darker −30%#53001E

Darker −40%#20000C

More saturated +25%#EC0055

Less saturated −25%#CF1D5D

Channel breakdown

R236

B85

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue338.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 55

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