Recognised as Colour

#EC223C

#EC223C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC223C is a red with RGB values 236, 34, 60 and HSL 352°, 84%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EC223C#EC223C

HEX#EC223C

RGBrgb(236, 34, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1333, 0.2353

RGB percentages92.5%, 13.3%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(352.3, 84.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 85.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 85.6%, 74.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,475,260

CSS custom property--colour: #EC223C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#13DDC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675E3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#978834no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7 Tomato · ΔE 20 Firebrick · ΔE 20.7 Brown · ΔE 28 Red · ΔE 29.2 Orange red · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22ECD2

Analogous#EC22A1, #EC6D22

Triadic#3CEC22, #223CEC

Split complementary#22EC6D, #22A1EC

Tetradic#A1EC22, #22ECD2, #6D22EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCDEE2

Lighter +30%#F8AFB8

Lighter +20%#F4808F

Lighter +10%#F05165

Darker −10%#CA1129

Darker −20%#9B0D20

Darker −30%#6C0916

Darker −40%#3D050C

More saturated +25%#FF0F2E

Less saturated −25%#CE4052

Channel breakdown

R236

G34

B60

Red236 (92.5%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue352.28°

Saturation (HSL)84.17%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 22 · B 3C

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Colour values

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