Recognised as Colour

#FA0042

#FA0042
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA0042 is a red with RGB values 250, 0, 66 and HSL 344°, 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

#FA0042#FA0042

HEX#FA0042

RGBrgb(250, 0, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0, 0.2588

RGB percentages98%, 0%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(344.2, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,384,066

CSS custom property--colour: #FA0042;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#05FFBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675F41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8E39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.7 Tomato · ΔE 25.6 Firebrick · ΔE 27.7 Red · ΔE 29.1 Orange red · ΔE 33.6 Brown · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FAB8

Analogous#FA00BF, #FA3B00

Triadic#42FA00, #0042FA

Split complementary#00FA3B, #00BFFA

Tetradic#BFFA00, #00FAB8, #3B00FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC7D6

Lighter +30%#FF94B0

Lighter +20%#FF618B

Lighter +10%#FF2E65

Darker −10%#C70035

Darker −20%#940027

Darker −30%#61001A

Darker −40%#2E000C

More saturated +25%#FA0042

Less saturated −25%#DB1F51

Channel breakdown

R250

B66

Red250 (98%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue344.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 00 · B 42

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