Recognised as Colour

#EC243C

#EC243C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC243C is a red with RGB values 236, 36, 60 and HSL 353°, 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

#EC243C#EC243C

HEX#EC243C

RGBrgb(236, 36, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1412, 0.2353

RGB percentages92.5%, 14.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(352.8, 84%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.8, 84.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 74.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,475,772

CSS custom property--colour: #EC243C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#13DBC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685F3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#988934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.1 Tomato · ΔE 19.6 Firebrick · ΔE 20.4 Brown · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 29.1 Orange red · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24ECD4

Analogous#EC24A0, #EC7024

Triadic#3CEC24, #243CEC

Split complementary#24EC70, #24A0EC

Tetradic#A0EC24, #24ECD4, #7024EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE0E3

Lighter +30%#F8B1B9

Lighter +20%#F48290

Lighter +10%#F05366

Darker −10%#CB1228

Darker −20%#9C0E1F

Darker −30%#6E0916

Darker −40%#3F050C

More saturated +25%#FF112E

Less saturated −25%#CE4253

Channel breakdown

R236

G36

B60

Red236 (92.5%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue352.8°

Saturation (HSL)84.03%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 24 · B 3C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#EC243C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else