Recognised as Colour

#FA2337

#FA2337
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA2337 is a red with RGB values 250, 35, 55 and HSL 354°, 96%, 56%. 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

#FA2337#FA2337

HEX#FA2337

RGBrgb(250, 35, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1373, 0.2157

RGB percentages98%, 13.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(354.4, 95.6%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.4, 86%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 86%, 78%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,393,015

CSS custom property--colour: #FA2337;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.5 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#525252

Inverted#05DCC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6435no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1902Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 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 14.7 Tomato · ΔE 20 Red · ΔE 21.9 Orange red · ΔE 25 Firebrick · ΔE 26.1 Coral · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23FAE6

Analogous#FA23A2, #FA7B23

Triadic#37FA23, #2337FA

Split complementary#23FA7B, #23A2FA

Tetradic#A2FA23, #23FAE6, #7B23FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEAEC

Lighter +30%#FDB9BF

Lighter +20%#FC8792

Lighter +10%#FB5564

Darker −10%#E5051A

Darker −20%#B30414

Darker −30%#81030F

Darker −40%#4F0209

More saturated +25%#FF1E33

Less saturated −25%#DE3F4E

Channel breakdown

R250

G35

B55

Red250 (98%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue354.42°

Saturation (HSL)95.56%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 23 · B 37

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