Recognised as Colour

#FA0803

#FA0803
Red
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Nearest: Red

#FA0803 is a red with RGB values 250, 8, 3 and HSL 1°, 98%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FA0803#FA0803

HEX#FA0803

RGBrgb(250, 8, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.0314, 0.0118

RGB percentages98%, 3.1%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(1.2, 97.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.2, 98.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 96.8%, 98.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,386,051

CSS custom property--colour: #FA0803;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1

Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#05F7FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A08E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 84.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Red · ΔE 2.6 Orange red · ΔE 12.3 Tomato · ΔE 29.7 Crimson · ΔE 33.2 Firebrick · ΔE 38.2 Coral · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 2.57, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#03F5FA

Analogous#FA0379, #FA8403

Triadic#03FA08, #0803FA

Split complementary#03FA83, #0379FA

Tetradic#79FA03, #03F5FA, #8403FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FECCCB

Lighter +30%#FE9A98

Lighter +20%#FD6966

Lighter +10%#FD3833

Darker −10%#C80602

Darker −20%#950502

Darker −30%#630301

Darker −40%#300201

More saturated +25%#FD0500

Less saturated −25%#DA2623

Channel breakdown

R250

Red250 (98%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue1.21°

Saturation (HSL)97.63%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 08 · B 03

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