Colour

#FA1C35

#FA1C35
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA1C35 is a red with RGB values 250, 28, 53 and HSL 353°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA1C35#FA1C35

HEX#FA1C35

RGBrgb(250, 28, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1098, 0.2078

RGB percentages98%, 11%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(353.2, 95.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 88.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 88.8%, 78.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,391,221

CSS custom property--colour: #FA1C35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#05E3CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6233no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 83 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0902Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.5 Red · ΔE 21.1 Tomato · ΔE 21.1 Orange red · ΔE 24.8 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9 Coral · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1CFAE1

Analogous#FA1CA4, #FA721C

Triadic#35FA1C, #1C35FA

Split complementary#1CFA72, #1CA4FA

Tetradic#A4FA1C, #1CFAE1, #721CFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEE4E7

Lighter +30%#FDB2BA

Lighter +20%#FC808E

Lighter +10%#FB4E61

Darker −10%#DE051D

Darker −20%#AC0417

Darker −30%#7A0310

Darker −40%#48020A

More saturated +25%#FF1731

Less saturated −25%#DD394B

Channel breakdown

R250

G28

B53

Red250 (98%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue353.24°

Saturation (HSL)95.69%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 1C · B 35

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