Recognised as Colour

#FA0038

#FA0038
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA0038 is a red with RGB values 250, 0, 56 and HSL 347°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA0038#FA0038

HEX#FA0038

RGBrgb(250, 0, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0, 0.2196

RGB percentages98%, 0%, 22%

HSLhsl(346.6, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.6, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 77.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,384,056

CSS custom property--colour: #FA0038;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

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

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#05FFC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685F37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8E2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.5 Red · ΔE 23.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.1 Firebrick · ΔE 28 Orange red · ΔE 28.4 Brown · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FAC2

Analogous#FA00B5, #FA4500

Triadic#38FA00, #0038FA

Split complementary#00FA45, #00B5FA

Tetradic#B5FA00, #00FAC2, #4500FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC7D4

Lighter +30%#FF94AC

Lighter +20%#FF6184

Lighter +10%#FF2E5D

Darker −10%#C7002D

Darker −20%#940021

Darker −30%#610016

Darker −40%#2E000A

More saturated +25%#FA0038

Less saturated −25%#DB1F49

Channel breakdown

R250

B56

Red250 (98%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue346.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 00 · B 38

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