Recognised as Colour

#EC0056

#EC0056
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0056 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 86 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

#EC0056#EC0056

HEX#EC0056

RGBrgb(236, 0, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0.3373

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(338.1, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.1, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,582

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0056;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 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#13FFA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5B57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81 from the original

Deuteranopia#928650no 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 26.4 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 13.5 Firebrick · ΔE 28.8 Deep pink · ΔE 29.5 Brown · ΔE 31.8 Indian red · ΔE 33.1 Tomato · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00EC96

Analogous#EC00CC, #EC2000

Triadic#56EC00, #0056EC

Split complementary#00EC20, #00CCEC

Tetradic#CCEC00, #00EC96, #2000EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9D3

Lighter +30%#FF86B2

Lighter +20%#FF5392

Lighter +10%#FF2071

Darker −10%#B90043

Darker −20%#860031

Darker −30%#53001E

Darker −40%#20000C

More saturated +25%#EC0056

Less saturated −25%#CF1D5E

Channel breakdown

R236

B86

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue338.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 56

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