Recognised as Colour

#EC304B

#EC304B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC304B is a red with RGB values 236, 48, 75 and HSL 351°, 83%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#EC304B#EC304B

HEX#EC304B

RGBrgb(236, 48, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1882, 0.2941

RGB percentages92.5%, 18.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(351.4, 83.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 79.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 79.7%, 68.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,478,859

CSS custom property--colour: #EC304B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1

Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#13CFB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A644Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#998B45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Cno 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 text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.6 Firebrick · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 21.5 Brown · ΔE 25.3 Indian red · ΔE 27.2 Salmon · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30ECD1

Analogous#EC30A9, #EC7330

Triadic#4BEC30, #304BEC

Split complementary#30EC73, #30A9EC

Tetradic#A9EC30, #30ECD1, #7330EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDEBED

Lighter +30%#F9BCC5

Lighter +20%#F58D9C

Lighter +10%#F05F74

Darker −10%#D5142F

Darker −20%#A70F25

Darker −30%#780B1B

Darker −40%#490710

More saturated +25%#FF1D3D

Less saturated −25%#D04C5F

Channel breakdown

R236

G48

B75

Red236 (92.5%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue351.38°

Saturation (HSL)83.19%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 30 · B 4B

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