Recognised as Colour

#FA0044

#FA0044
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA0044 is a red with RGB values 250, 0, 68 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

#FA0044#FA0044

HEX#FA0044

RGBrgb(250, 0, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0, 0.2667

RGB percentages98%, 0%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(343.7, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.7, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 72.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,384,068

CSS custom property--colour: #FA0044;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1

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

Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#05FFBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665F44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8E3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0029no 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 text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.3 Tomato · ΔE 26 Firebrick · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 30.2 Orange red · ΔE 34.6 Brown · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FAB6

Analogous#FA00C1, #FA3900

Triadic#44FA00, #0044FA

Split complementary#00FA39, #00C1FA

Tetradic#C1FA00, #00FAB6, #3900FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC7D6

Lighter +30%#FF94B1

Lighter +20%#FF618C

Lighter +10%#FF2E67

Darker −10%#C70036

Darker −20%#940028

Darker −30%#61001A

Darker −40%#2E000D

More saturated +25%#FA0044

Less saturated −25%#DB1F52

Channel breakdown

R250

B68

Red250 (98%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue343.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 00 · B 44

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