Recognised as Colour

#EC2243

#EC2243
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC2243 is a red with RGB values 236, 34, 67 and HSL 350°, 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

#EC2243#EC2243

HEX#EC2243

RGBrgb(236, 34, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1333, 0.2627

RGB percentages92.5%, 13.3%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(350.2, 84.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 85.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 85.6%, 71.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,475,267

CSS custom property--colour: #EC2243;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#13DDBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665F42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#97893Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.8 Firebrick · ΔE 21 Tomato · ΔE 21.9 Brown · ΔE 27.4 Indian red · ΔE 31.1 Dark red · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.82, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22ECCB

Analogous#EC22A8, #EC6622

Triadic#43EC22, #2243EC

Split complementary#22EC66, #22A8EC

Tetradic#A8EC22, #22ECCB, #6622EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCDEE3

Lighter +30%#F8AFBB

Lighter +20%#F48093

Lighter +10%#F0516B

Darker −10%#CA112F

Darker −20%#9B0D24

Darker −30%#6C0919

Darker −40%#3D050E

More saturated +25%#FF0F36

Less saturated −25%#CE4057

Channel breakdown

R236

G34

B67

Red236 (92.5%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue350.2°

Saturation (HSL)84.17%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 22 · B 43

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