Recognised as Colour

#FA004D

#FA004D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA004D is a red with RGB values 250, 0, 77 and HSL 342°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA004D#FA004D

HEX#FA004D

RGBrgb(250, 0, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0, 0.302

RGB percentages98%, 0%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(341.5, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.5, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 69.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,384,077

CSS custom property--colour: #FA004D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#05FFB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#65604Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8E46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.3 Tomato · ΔE 28.5 Firebrick · ΔE 28.7 Brown · ΔE 34.4 Red · ΔE 35.4 Indian red · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FAAD

Analogous#FA00CA, #FA3000

Triadic#4DFA00, #004DFA

Split complementary#00FA30, #00CAFA

Tetradic#CAFA00, #00FAAD, #3000FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC7D8

Lighter +30%#FF94B5

Lighter +20%#FF6192

Lighter +10%#FF2E6E

Darker −10%#C7003D

Darker −20%#94002E

Darker −30%#61001E

Darker −40%#2E000E

More saturated +25%#FA004D

Less saturated −25%#DB1F59

Channel breakdown

R250

B77

Red250 (98%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue341.52°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 00 · B 4D

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Colour values

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