Recognised as Colour

#FA243A

#FA243A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA243A is a red with RGB values 250, 36, 58 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

#FA243A#FA243A

HEX#FA243A

RGBrgb(250, 36, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1412, 0.2275

RGB percentages98%, 14.1%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(353.8, 95.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 85.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 85.6%, 76.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,393,274

CSS custom property--colour: #FA243A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#05DBC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6438no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19131no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.5 Tomato · ΔE 20 Red · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7 Orange red · ΔE 26.4 Coral · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24FAE4

Analogous#FA24A5, #FA7924

Triadic#3AFA24, #243AFA

Split complementary#24FA79, #24A5FA

Tetradic#A5FA24, #24FAE4, #7924FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEBED

Lighter +30%#FDBAC1

Lighter +20%#FC8894

Lighter +10%#FB5667

Darker −10%#E6051C

Darker −20%#B40416

Darker −30%#820310

Darker −40%#50020A

More saturated +25%#FF1F36

Less saturated −25%#DE4050

Channel breakdown

R250

G36

B58

Red250 (98%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue353.83°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 24 · B 3A

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