Colour

#EC2944

#EC2944
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC2944 is a red with RGB values 236, 41, 68 and HSL 352°, 84%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EC2944#EC2944

HEX#EC2944

RGBrgb(236, 41, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1608, 0.2667

RGB percentages92.5%, 16.1%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(351.7, 83.7%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 82.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 82.6%, 71.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,477,060

CSS custom property--colour: #EC2944;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#13D6BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686143no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#988A3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.9 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Tomato · ΔE 20.7 Brown · ΔE 26.5 Indian red · ΔE 29.8 Salmon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.91, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29ECD1

Analogous#EC29A6, #EC6F29

Triadic#44EC29, #2944EC

Split complementary#29EC6F, #29A6EC

Tetradic#A6EC29, #29ECD1, #6F29EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE4E8

Lighter +30%#F8B6BF

Lighter +20%#F48796

Lighter +10%#F0586D

Darker −10%#D0122D

Darker −20%#A10E23

Darker −30%#720A18

Darker −40%#43060E

More saturated +25%#FF1636

Less saturated −25%#CF4659

Channel breakdown

R236

G41

B68

Red236 (92.5%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue351.69°

Saturation (HSL)83.69%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 29 · B 44

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