Colour

#EC293C

#EC293C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC293C is a red with RGB values 236, 41, 60 and HSL 354°, 84%, 54%. 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

#EC293C#EC293C

HEX#EC293C

RGBrgb(236, 41, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1608, 0.2353

RGB percentages92.5%, 16.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(354.2, 83.7%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.2, 82.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 82.6%, 74.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,477,052

CSS custom property--colour: #EC293C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#13D6C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#69603Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#998934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.5 Tomato · ΔE 18.4 Firebrick · ΔE 19.9 Brown · ΔE 27.3 Red · ΔE 29 Orange red · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29ECD9

Analogous#EC299D, #EC7729

Triadic#3CEC29, #293CEC

Split complementary#29EC77, #299DEC

Tetradic#9EEC29, #29ECD9, #7829EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE4E7

Lighter +30%#F8B6BC

Lighter +20%#F48791

Lighter +10%#F05867

Darker −10%#D01225

Darker −20%#A10E1D

Darker −30%#720A14

Darker −40%#43060C

More saturated +25%#FF162D

Less saturated −25%#CF4653

Channel breakdown

R236

G41

B60

Red236 (92.5%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue354.15°

Saturation (HSL)83.69%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 29 · B 3C

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Colour values

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