Recognised as Colour

#EC0321

#EC0321
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#EC0321 is a red with RGB values 236, 3, 33 and HSL 352°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EC0321#EC0321

HEX#EC0321

RGBrgb(236, 3, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.0118, 0.1294

RGB percentages92.5%, 1.2%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(352.3, 97.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 98.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 98.7%, 86%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,467,297

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0321;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#13FCDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63581Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#96850Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 16.2 Crimson · ΔE 19.2 Orange red · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 22.6 Firebrick · ΔE 26.6 Dark red · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#03ECCE

Analogous#EC0396, #EC5A03

Triadic#21EC03, #0321EC

Split complementary#03EC5A, #0396EC

Tetradic#95EC03, #03ECCE, #5903EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEBDC5

Lighter +30%#FE8A99

Lighter +20%#FD586D

Lighter +10%#FC2641

Darker −10%#BA021A

Darker −20%#870213

Darker −30%#55010C

Darker −40%#230005

More saturated +25%#EF001F

Less saturated −25%#CE2137

Channel breakdown

R236

B33

Red236 (92.5%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue352.27°

Saturation (HSL)97.49%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 03 · B 21

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