Colour

#F60012

#F60012
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Nearest: Red

#F60012 is a red with RGB values 246, 0, 18 and HSL 356°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#F60012#F60012

HEX#F60012

RGBrgb(246, 0, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0, 0.0706

RGB percentages96.5%, 0%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(355.6, 100%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.6, 100%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 92.7%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,121,874

CSS custom property--colour: #F60012;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#09FFED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685C09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 84.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 7.2 Orange red · ΔE 14.7 Tomato · ΔE 26.9 Crimson · ΔE 28.2 Firebrick · ΔE 34.1 Coral · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00F6E4

Analogous#F6008D, #F66900

Triadic#12F600, #0012F6

Split complementary#00F669, #008DF6

Tetradic#8DF600, #00F6E4, #6900F6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC3C7

Lighter +30%#FF9098

Lighter +20%#FF5D69

Lighter +10%#FF2A3A

Darker −10%#C3000E

Darker −20%#90000B

Darker −30%#5D0007

Darker −40%#2A0003

More saturated +25%#F60012

Less saturated −25%#D71F2C

Channel breakdown

R246

B18

Red246 (96.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue355.61°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G 00 · B 12

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