Recognised as Colour

#EC0856

#EC0856
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC0856 is a red with RGB values 236, 8, 86 and HSL 339°, 93%, 48%. 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

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HEX#EC0856

RGBrgb(236, 8, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.0314, 0.3373

RGB percentages92.5%, 3.1%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(339.5, 93.4%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 96.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 96.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,468,630

CSS custom property--colour: #EC0856;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#13F7A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5C57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#928750no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13 Firebrick · ΔE 28.3 Deep pink · ΔE 29.8 Brown · ΔE 31.3 Indian red · ΔE 32.5 Tomato · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08EC9E

Analogous#EC08C8, #EC2C08

Triadic#56EC08, #0856EC

Split complementary#08EC2C, #08C8EC

Tetradic#C8EC08, #08EC9E, #2C08EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDC3D7

Lighter +30%#FB92B6

Lighter +20%#FA6095

Lighter +10%#F82F74

Darker −10%#BB0644

Darker −20%#890532

Darker −30%#580320

Darker −40%#27010E

More saturated +25%#F40053

Less saturated −25%#CE2660

Channel breakdown

R236

B86

Red236 (92.5%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue339.47°

Saturation (HSL)93.44%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 08 · B 56

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