Recognised as Colour

#FA053E

#FA053E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA053E is a red with RGB values 250, 5, 62 and HSL 346°, 96%, 50%. 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

#FA053E#FA053E

HEX#FA053E

RGBrgb(250, 5, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.0196, 0.2431

RGB percentages98%, 2%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(346, 96.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 98%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 98%, 75.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,385,342

CSS custom property--colour: #FA053E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#05FAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685F3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 84.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8E35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.5 Red · ΔE 26.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.5 Orange red · ΔE 31.2 Brown · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05FAC1

Analogous#FA05B9, #FA4605

Triadic#3EFA05, #053EFA

Split complementary#05FA46, #05B9FA

Tetradic#B9FA05, #05FAC1, #4605FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FECDD8

Lighter +30%#FD9BB2

Lighter +20%#FC698B

Lighter +10%#FB3765

Darker −10%#C80432

Darker −20%#960325

Darker −30%#640219

Darker −40%#32010C

More saturated +25%#FF003B

Less saturated −25%#DA254F

Channel breakdown

R250

B62

Red250 (98%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue346.04°

Saturation (HSL)96.08%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 05 · B 3E

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