Colour

#FA0806

#FA0806
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FA0806 is a red with RGB values 250, 8, 6 and HSL 0°, 96%, 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

#FA0806#FA0806

HEX#FA0806

RGBrgb(250, 8, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.0314, 0.0235

RGB percentages98%, 3.1%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(0.5, 96.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 97.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 96.8%, 97.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,386,054

CSS custom property--colour: #FA0806;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.9 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#05F7F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.2 from the original

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

Tritanopia#FF0014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 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 3.1 Orange red · ΔE 12.5 Tomato · ΔE 29.2 Crimson · ΔE 32.5 Firebrick · ΔE 37.6 Coral · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 3.1, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06F8FA

Analogous#FA067E, #FA8206

Triadic#06FA08, #0806FA

Split complementary#06FA82, #067EFA

Tetradic#7EFA06, #06F8FA, #8206FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FECECE

Lighter +30%#FD9D9C

Lighter +20%#FC6B6A

Lighter +10%#FB3A38

Darker −10%#C90604

Darker −20%#970403

Darker −30%#650302

Darker −40%#330101

More saturated +25%#FF0301

Less saturated −25%#DA2726

Channel breakdown

R250

Red250 (98%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue0.49°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 08 · B 06

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