Colour

#F60040

#F60040
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#F60040 is a red with RGB values 246, 0, 64 and HSL 344°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#F60040#F60040

HEX#F60040

RGBrgb(246, 0, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0, 0.251

RGB percentages96.5%, 0%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(344.4, 100%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.4, 100%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 74%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,121,920

CSS custom property--colour: #F60040;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#09FFBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655D3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 84.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8C37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 84.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.5 Tomato · ΔE 25.1 Firebrick · ΔE 26.4 Red · ΔE 29.1 Orange red · ΔE 33.3 Brown · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00F6B6

Analogous#F600BB, #F63B00

Triadic#40F600, #0040F6

Split complementary#00F63B, #00BBF6

Tetradic#BBF600, #00F6B6, #3B00F6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC3D3

Lighter +30%#FF90AD

Lighter +20%#FF5D87

Lighter +10%#FF2A61

Darker −10%#C30033

Darker −20%#900025

Darker −30%#5D0018

Darker −40%#2A000B

More saturated +25%#F60040

Less saturated −25%#D71F4F

Channel breakdown

R246

B64

Red246 (96.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue344.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G 00 · B 40

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