Recognised as Colour

#F6171A

#F6171A
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Nearest: Red

#F6171A is a red with RGB values 246, 23, 26 and HSL 359°, 93%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#F6171A#F6171A

HEX#F6171A

RGBrgb(246, 23, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.0902, 0.102

RGB percentages96.5%, 9%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(359.2, 92.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 90.7%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 90.7%, 89.4%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,127,770

CSS custom property--colour: #F6171A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#09E8E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5F14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 10 Orange red · ΔE 14.8 Tomato · ΔE 23.9 Crimson · ΔE 25.5 Firebrick · ΔE 31.6 Coral · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 10.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17F6F3

Analogous#F6178A, #F68417

Triadic#1AF617, #171AF6

Split complementary#17F684, #178AF6

Tetradic#89F617, #17F6F3, #8317F6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEDBDC

Lighter +30%#FCAAAB

Lighter +20%#FA797B

Lighter +10%#F8484A

Darker −10%#D2080B

Darker −20%#A10608

Darker −30%#700406

Darker −40%#3F0203

More saturated +25%#FF0E11

Less saturated −25%#D83537

Channel breakdown

R246

G23

B26

Red246 (96.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue359.19°

Saturation (HSL)92.53%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G 17 · B 1A

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