#EC0049

sRGB · 236 / 0 / 73

#EC0049 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 0 green and 73 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 341.4° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 0, 73
HSL: 341.44°, 100.00%, 46.27%
HSV / HSB: 341.44°, 100.00%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 69.07%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.794, 18.317, 7.954
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 49.879, 77.114, 29.982
WCAG relative luminance: 0.18314
24-bit decimal: 15466569

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EC0049 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.66:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.50:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#00ECA3 sits half a turn (180°) from #EC0049 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EC0049 #00ECA3

Analogous

#EC00BF and #EC2D00 sit 30° to either side of #EC0049. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EC00BF #EC0049 #EC2D00

Triadic

#EC0049, #49EC00 and #0049EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EC0049 #49EC00 #0049EC

Split complementary

Start at #EC0049 and look across the wheel. #00EC2D and #00BFEC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EC0049 #00EC2D #00BFEC

Square

Starting with #EC0049, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BFEC00, #00ECA3, then #2D00EC. Across the square, #EC0049 pairs with #00ECA3, and #BFEC00 with #2D00EC.

#EC0049 #BFEC00 #00ECA3 #2D00EC

Tetradic

#EC0049 and #00ECA3 are opposites, as are #ECA300 and #0049EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EC0049 #ECA300 #00ECA3 #0049EC

Tints

Mixing #EC0049 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0336D, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBCCDB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EC0049 #F0336D #F46692 #F799B6 #FBCCDB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EC0049 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD003A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F000F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EC0049 #BD003A #8E002C #5E001D #2F000F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EC0049 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D61A54, keeps 80% of the original. By #966675, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EC0049 #D61A54 #C1335F #AB4D6A #966675 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EC0049

RGB

rgb(236 0 73)

HSL

hsl(341.441 100.000% 46.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EC0049;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EC0049 uses 236 red, 0 green and 73 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 28.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EC0049 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 69.1% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 69.1%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE0044. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E04 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EC0049 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF0033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE0044 Nearest web-safe · #FF0033

Gradient to complement

#EC0049 #C52758 #9D4F67 #767676 #4F9D85 #27C594 #00ECA3

Color vision previews

Compare how #EC0049 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#938642

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF002B

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A55146

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B36E43

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ED0042

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#777777

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BD5563

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.83880 G 0.00000 B 0.06663

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84881 G 0.18226 B 0.30352

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.68988 G 0.02784 B 0.07499

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.577 y 0.295 Y 18.317

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.451 M % 100.000 Y % 71.373

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101100 00000000 01001001