Colour

#EC157B

#EC157B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Deep pink

#EC157B is a red with RGB values 236, 21, 123 and HSL 332°, 85%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#EC157B#EC157B

HEX#EC157B

RGBrgb(236, 21, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.0824, 0.4824

RGB percentages92.5%, 8.2%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(331.5, 85%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.5, 91.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 91.1%, 47.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,471,995

CSS custom property--colour: #EC157B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1

Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#13EA84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57627Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8976no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF004Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 10.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 19.8 Hot pink · ΔE 23.4 Crimson · ΔE 32.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 34 Indian red · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15EC86

Analogous#EC15E7, #EC1A15

Triadic#7BEC15, #157BEC

Split complementary#15EC1A, #15E7EC

Tetradic#E7EC15, #15EC86, #1A15EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBD2E5

Lighter +30%#F7A3CB

Lighter +20%#F473B0

Lighter +10%#F04496

Darker −10%#BF0F63

Darker −20%#8F0C4A

Darker −30%#600832

Darker −40%#310419

More saturated +25%#FF027A

Less saturated −25%#CC357D

Channel breakdown

R236

G21

B123

Red236 (92.5%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue331.53°

Saturation (HSL)84.98%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 15 · B 7B

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