Colour

#F00050

#F00050
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#F00050 is a red with RGB values 240, 0, 80 and HSL 340°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#F00050#F00050

HEX#F00050

RGBrgb(240, 0, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0, 0.3137

RGB percentages94.1%, 0%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(340, 100%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340, 100%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 66.7%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,728,720

CSS custom property--colour: #F00050;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#0FFFAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#958849no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.6 Firebrick · ΔE 27.4 Tomato · ΔE 30.4 Brown · ΔE 31.8 Deep pink · ΔE 33.8 Indian red · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00F0A0

Analogous#F000C8, #F02800

Triadic#50F000, #0050F0

Split complementary#00F028, #00C8F0

Tetradic#C8F000, #00F0A0, #2800F0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBDD3

Lighter +30%#FF8AB1

Lighter +20%#FF578F

Lighter +10%#FF246D

Darker −10%#BD003F

Darker −20%#8A002E

Darker −30%#57001D

Darker −40%#24000C

More saturated +25%#F00050

Less saturated −25%#D21E5A

Channel breakdown

R240

B80

Red240 (94.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue340°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G 00 · B 50

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