Recognised as Colour

#FA2140

#FA2140
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA2140 is a red with RGB values 250, 33, 64 and HSL 351°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA2140#FA2140

HEX#FA2140

RGBrgb(250, 33, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1294, 0.251

RGB percentages98%, 12.9%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(351.4, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 86.8%, 74.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,392,512

CSS custom property--colour: #FA2140;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#05DEBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C643Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09038no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.3 Tomato · ΔE 21.4 Firebrick · ΔE 25.5 Red · ΔE 26.8 Orange red · ΔE 29.9 Brown · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21FADB

Analogous#FA21AC, #FA6F21

Triadic#40FA21, #2140FA

Split complementary#21FA6F, #21ADFA

Tetradic#ACFA21, #21FADB, #6F21FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEE9EC

Lighter +30%#FDB7C1

Lighter +20%#FC8596

Lighter +10%#FB536B

Darker −10%#E30525

Darker −20%#B1041D

Darker −30%#7F0315

Darker −40%#4D020D

More saturated +25%#FF1C3C

Less saturated −25%#DE3D54

Channel breakdown

R250

G33

B64

Red250 (98%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue351.43°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 21 · B 40

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