Recognised as Colour

#FA294C

#FA294C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA294C is a red with RGB values 250, 41, 76 and HSL 350°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA294C#FA294C

HEX#FA294C

RGBrgb(250, 41, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1608, 0.298

RGB percentages98%, 16.1%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(350, 95.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 83.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 83.6%, 69.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,394,572

CSS custom property--colour: #FA294C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.49:1

Contrast with white3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#05D6B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D664Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09245no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.8 Tomato · ΔE 22.7 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Brown · ΔE 31.2 Red · ΔE 33.1 Indian red · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29FAD7

Analogous#FA29B4, #FA6E29

Triadic#4CFA29, #294CFA

Split complementary#29FA6F, #29B4FA

Tetradic#B4FA29, #29FAD7, #6F29FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF0F3

Lighter +30%#FDBFC9

Lighter +20%#FC8D9F

Lighter +10%#FB5B76

Darker −10%#EB052C

Darker −20%#B90423

Darker −30%#870319

Darker −40%#550210

More saturated +25%#FF2449

Less saturated −25%#DF445E

Channel breakdown

R250

G41

B76

Red250 (98%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue349.95°

Saturation (HSL)95.43%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 29 · B 4C

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