Recognised as Colour

#FA273B

#FA273B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA273B is a red with RGB values 250, 39, 59 and HSL 354°, 95%, 57%. 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

#FA273B#FA273B

HEX#FA273B

RGBrgb(250, 39, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1529, 0.2314

RGB percentages98%, 15.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(354.3, 95.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 84.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 84.4%, 76.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,394,043

CSS custom property--colour: #FA273B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#05D8C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6539no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19132no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0032no 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 text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 19.4 Red · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25.3 Orange red · ΔE 26.5 Coral · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27FAE6

Analogous#FA27A4, #FA7D27

Triadic#3BFA27, #273BFA

Split complementary#27FA7C, #27A5FA

Tetradic#A4FA27, #27FAE6, #7D27FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEEF0

Lighter +30%#FDBDC3

Lighter +20%#FC8B95

Lighter +10%#FB5968

Darker −10%#E9051B

Darker −20%#B70415

Darker −30%#85030F

Darker −40%#53020A

More saturated +25%#FF2237

Less saturated −25%#DE4351

Channel breakdown

R250

G39

B59

Red250 (98%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue354.31°

Saturation (HSL)95.48%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 27 · B 3B

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