Recognised as Colour

#F20B0F

#F20B0F
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Nearest: Red

#F20B0F is a red with RGB values 242, 11, 15 and HSL 359°, 91%, 50%. 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

#F20B0F#F20B0F

HEX#F20B0F

RGBrgb(242, 11, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.0431, 0.0588

RGB percentages94.9%, 4.3%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(359, 91.3%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359, 95.5%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 95.5%, 93.8%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,862,543

CSS custom property--colour: #F20B0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#0DF4F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685B05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 7.9 Orange red · ΔE 13.6 Tomato · ΔE 25.9 Crimson · ΔE 27.9 Firebrick · ΔE 33 Coral · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0BF2EE

Analogous#F20B82, #F27B0B

Triadic#0FF20B, #0B0FF2

Split complementary#0BF27B, #0B82F2

Tetradic#82F20B, #0BF2EE, #7B0BF2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDCCCD

Lighter +30%#FA9C9D

Lighter +20%#F86B6D

Lighter +10%#F63A3D

Darker −10%#C1090C

Darker −20%#900709

Darker −30%#600406

Darker −40%#2F0203

More saturated +25%#FD0004

Less saturated −25%#D22B2E

Channel breakdown

R242

G11

B15

Red242 (94.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue358.96°

Saturation (HSL)91.3%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G 0B · B 0F

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Colour values

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