Recognised as Colour

#F02854

#F02854
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#F02854 is a red with RGB values 240, 40, 84 and HSL 347°, 87%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#F02854#F02854

HEX#F02854

RGBrgb(240, 40, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.1569, 0.3294

RGB percentages94.1%, 15.7%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(346.8, 87%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 83.3%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 65%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,738,964

CSS custom property--colour: #F02854;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#0FD7AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676354no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998C4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.1 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Tomato · ΔE 26.8 Brown · ΔE 28.5 Indian red · ΔE 29.2 Salmon · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28F0C4

Analogous#F028B8, #F06028

Triadic#54F028, #2854F0

Split complementary#28F060, #28B8F0

Tetradic#B8F028, #28F0C4, #6028F0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE7EC

Lighter +30%#FAB7C6

Lighter +20%#F787A0

Lighter +10%#F3587A

Darker −10%#D60F3B

Darker −20%#A60C2E

Darker −30%#770821

Darker −40%#470513

More saturated +25%#FF194C

Less saturated −25%#D34564

Channel breakdown

R240

G40

B84

Red240 (94.1%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue346.8°

Saturation (HSL)86.96%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G 28 · B 54

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Colour values

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