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Recognised as Colour

#EC308B

  • #EC308B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep pink

#EC308B is a red with RGB values 236, 48, 139 and HSL 331°, 83%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#EC308B#EC308B
HEX#EC308B
RGBrgb(236, 48, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.1882, 0.5451
RGB percentages92.5%, 18.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(331, 83.2%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331, 79.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 79.7%, 41.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,478,923
CSS custom property--colour: #EC308B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#13CF74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C6A8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8D87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF005Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 10.2Medium violet red · ΔE 14.5Hot pink · ΔE 16.8Pale violetred · ΔE 30.3Orchid · ΔE 36.8Crimson · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30EC91
Analogous#EC30E9, #EC3330
Triadic#8BEC30, #308BEC
Split complementary#30EC33, #30E9EC
Tetradic#E9EC30, #30EC91, #3330EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDEBF4
Lighter +30%#F9BCDA
Lighter +20%#F58DBF
Lighter +10%#F05FA5
Darker −10%#D51471
Darker −20%#A70F59
Darker −30%#780B40
Darker −40%#490727
More saturated +25%#FF1D8A
Less saturated −25%#D04C8C

Channel breakdown

R236
G48
B139
Red236 (92.5%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue330.96°
Saturation (HSL)83.19%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 30 · B 8B

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