Recognised as Colour

#EC305E

#EC305E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC305E is a red with RGB values 236, 48, 94 and HSL 345°, 83%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#EC305E

RGBrgb(236, 48, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1882, 0.3686

RGB percentages92.5%, 18.8%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(345.3, 83.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.3, 79.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 79.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,478,878

CSS custom property--colour: #EC305E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#13CFA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67655Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#978B59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.9 Firebrick · ΔE 26.4 Indian red · ΔE 26.4 Brown · ΔE 28 Deep pink · ΔE 30 Tomato · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30ECBE

Analogous#EC30BC, #EC6030

Triadic#5EEC30, #305EEC

Split complementary#30EC60, #30BCEC

Tetradic#BCEC30, #30ECBE, #6030EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDEBEF

Lighter +30%#F9BCCB

Lighter +20%#F58DA7

Lighter +10%#F05F82

Darker −10%#D51443

Darker −20%#A70F34

Darker −30%#780B26

Darker −40%#490717

More saturated +25%#FF1D54

Less saturated −25%#D04C6C

Channel breakdown

R236

G48

B94

Red236 (92.5%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue345.32°

Saturation (HSL)83.19%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 30 · B 5E

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Colour values

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