Recognised as Colour

#EC354B

#EC354B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#EC354B is a red with RGB values 236, 53, 75 and HSL 353°, 83%, 57%. 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

#EC354B#EC354B

HEX#EC354B

RGBrgb(236, 53, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.2078, 0.2941

RGB percentages92.5%, 20.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(352.8, 82.8%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.8, 77.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 77.5%, 68.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,480,139

CSS custom property--colour: #EC354B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.18:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#13CAB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C654Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8C45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.3 Firebrick · ΔE 19.6 Tomato · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 24.6 Indian red · ΔE 26.1 Salmon · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35ECD6

Analogous#EC35A6, #EC7B35

Triadic#4BEC35, #354BEC

Split complementary#35EC7B, #35A6EC

Tetradic#A6EC35, #35ECD6, #7B35EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEEFF1

Lighter +30%#F9C1C8

Lighter +20%#F5929E

Lighter +10%#F06475

Darker −10%#DA142C

Darker −20%#AB1023

Darker −30%#7C0C19

Darker −40%#4E0710

More saturated +25%#FF223D

Less saturated −25%#D05160

Channel breakdown

R236

G53

B75

Red236 (92.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue352.79°

Saturation (HSL)82.81%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 35 · B 4B

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