Colour

#F2001B

#F2001B
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Nearest: Red

#F2001B is a red with RGB values 242, 0, 27 and HSL 353°, 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 Red.

Colour values

#F2001B#F2001B

HEX#F2001B

RGBrgb(242, 0, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0, 0.1059

RGB percentages94.9%, 0%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(353.3, 100%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 100%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 88.8%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,859,739

CSS custom property--colour: #F2001B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#0DFFE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665A16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 83.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9A8900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 11.7 Orange red · ΔE 17.4 Crimson · ΔE 23.7 Tomato · ΔE 24.6 Firebrick · ΔE 30.5 Coral · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00F2D7

Analogous#F20094, #F25E00

Triadic#1BF200, #001BF2

Split complementary#00F25E, #0094F2

Tetradic#94F200, #00F2D7, #5E00F2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBFC6

Lighter +30%#FF8C99

Lighter +20%#FF596C

Lighter +10%#FF263E

Darker −10%#BF0015

Darker −20%#8C0010

Darker −30%#59000A

Darker −40%#260004

More saturated +25%#F2001B

Less saturated −25%#D41E33

Channel breakdown

R242

B27

Red242 (94.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue353.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G 00 · B 1B

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