Recognised as Colour

#EC0057

#EC0057
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0057 is a red with RGB values 236, 0, 87 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

#EC0057#EC0057

HEX#EC0057

RGBrgb(236, 0, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0, 0.3412

RGB percentages92.5%, 0%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(337.9, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.9, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 63.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,466,583

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0057;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18521WCAG 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 white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#13FFA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5B58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#928651no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0033no 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 text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14 Deep pink · ΔE 28.9 Firebrick · ΔE 29.2 Brown · ΔE 32 Indian red · ΔE 33.1 Tomato · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00EC95

Analogous#EC00CD, #EC1F00

Triadic#57EC00, #0057EC

Split complementary#00EC1F, #00CDEC

Tetradic#CDEC00, #00EC95, #1F00EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB9D3

Lighter +30%#FF86B3

Lighter +20%#FF5392

Lighter +10%#FF2072

Darker −10%#B90044

Darker −20%#860031

Darker −30%#53001F

Darker −40%#20000C

More saturated +25%#EC0057

Less saturated −25%#CF1D5F

Channel breakdown

R236

B87

Red236 (92.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue337.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 00 · B 57

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