Recognised as Colour

#EC1D06

#EC1D06
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Nearest: Red

#EC1D06 is a red with RGB values 236, 29, 6 and HSL 6°, 95%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#EC1D06#EC1D06

HEX#EC1D06

RGBrgb(236, 29, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1137, 0.0235

RGB percentages92.5%, 11.4%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(6, 95%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 97.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 87.7%, 97.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,473,926

CSS custom property--colour: #EC1D06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131 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#474747

Inverted#13E2F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#998700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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

Red · ΔE 9.5 Orange red · ΔE 11 Tomato · ΔE 24.6 Crimson · ΔE 28.8 Firebrick · ΔE 31.7 Coral · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06D5EC

Analogous#EC0662, #EC9006

Triadic#06EC1D, #1D06EC

Split complementary#06EC90, #0662EC

Tetradic#62EC06, #06D5EC, #9006EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDC7C1

Lighter +30%#FC9A8F

Lighter +20%#FB6D5D

Lighter +10%#FA402B

Darker −10%#BA1705

Darker −20%#891103

Darker −30%#570B02

Darker −40%#250501

More saturated +25%#F21800

Less saturated −25%#CE3524

Channel breakdown

R236

G29

Red236 (92.5%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue6°

Saturation (HSL)95.04%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 1D · B 06

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