Recognised as Colour

#FA153F

#FA153F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA153F is a red with RGB values 250, 21, 63 and HSL 349°, 96%, 53%. 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

#FA153F#FA153F

HEX#FA153F

RGBrgb(250, 21, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.0824, 0.2471

RGB percentages98%, 8.2%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(349, 95.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349, 91.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 91.6%, 74.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,389,439

CSS custom property--colour: #FA153F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#05EAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A613Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 83.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8F36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.8 Tomato · ΔE 23.1 Firebrick · ΔE 26.6 Red · ΔE 26.8 Orange red · ΔE 30.7 Brown · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15FAD0

Analogous#FA15B2, #FA5D15

Triadic#3FFA15, #153FFA

Split complementary#15FA5D, #15B2FA

Tetradic#B2FA15, #15FAD0, #5D15FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEDDE3

Lighter +30%#FDABBA

Lighter +20%#FC7991

Lighter +10%#FB4768

Darker −10%#D7052B

Darker −20%#A50421

Darker −30%#740217

Darker −40%#42010D

More saturated +25%#FF103C

Less saturated −25%#DC3352

Channel breakdown

R250

G21

B63

Red250 (98%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue349°

Saturation (HSL)95.82%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 15 · B 3F

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