Colour

#F20E09

#F20E09
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Nearest: Red

#F20E09 is a red with RGB values 242, 14, 9 and HSL 1°, 93%, 49%. 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

#F20E09#F20E09

HEX#F20E09

RGBrgb(242, 14, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.0549, 0.0353

RGB percentages94.9%, 5.5%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(1.3, 92.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.3, 96.3%, 94.9%)

CMYK0%, 94.2%, 96.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,863,305

CSS custom property--colour: #F20E09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#0DF1F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 6.7 Orange red · ΔE 12.4 Tomato · ΔE 26.7 Crimson · ΔE 29.5 Firebrick · ΔE 34 Coral · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09EDF2

Analogous#F20978, #F28309

Triadic#09F20E, #0E09F2

Split complementary#09F282, #0979F2

Tetradic#79F209, #09EDF2, #8309F2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDCBCA

Lighter +30%#FB9B99

Lighter +20%#F96B68

Lighter +10%#F83B36

Darker −10%#C10B07

Darker −20%#900805

Darker −30%#5E0504

Darker −40%#2D0302

More saturated +25%#FB0500

Less saturated −25%#D32C28

Channel breakdown

R242

G14

Red242 (94.9%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue1.29°

Saturation (HSL)92.83%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F2 · G 0E · B 09

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