Recognised as Colour

#FA1C3C

#FA1C3C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA1C3C is a red with RGB values 250, 28, 60 and HSL 351°, 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

#FA1C3C#FA1C3C

HEX#FA1C3C

RGBrgb(250, 28, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1098, 0.2353

RGB percentages98%, 11%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(351.4, 95.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 88.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 88.8%, 76%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,391,228

CSS custom property--colour: #FA1C3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#05E3C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C623Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09033no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.7 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Red · ΔE 24.9 Firebrick · ΔE 26.2 Orange red · ΔE 28.4 Brown · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1CFADA

Analogous#FA1CAB, #FA6B1C

Triadic#3CFA1C, #1C3CFA

Split complementary#1CFA6B, #1CABFA

Tetradic#ABFA1C, #1CFADA, #6B1CFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEE4E7

Lighter +30%#FDB2BD

Lighter +20%#FC8092

Lighter +10%#FB4E67

Darker −10%#DE0524

Darker −20%#AC041C

Darker −30%#7A0314

Darker −40%#48020C

More saturated +25%#FF1738

Less saturated −25%#DD3951

Channel breakdown

R250

G28

B60

Red250 (98%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue351.35°

Saturation (HSL)95.69%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 1C · B 3C

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