Recognised as Colour

#FA2B49

#FA2B49
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA2B49 is a red with RGB values 250, 43, 73 and HSL 351°, 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

#FA2B49#FA2B49

HEX#FA2B49

RGBrgb(250, 43, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1686, 0.2863

RGB percentages98%, 16.9%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(351.3, 95.4%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 82.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 82.8%, 70.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,395,081

CSS custom property--colour: #FA2B49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#05D4B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6748no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19242no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0039no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9 Tomato · ΔE 21.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.6 Brown · ΔE 31.1 Red · ΔE 31.3 Salmon · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2BFADC

Analogous#FA2BB0, #FA742B

Triadic#49FA2B, #2B49FA

Split complementary#2BFA74, #2BB0FA

Tetradic#B1FA2B, #2BFADC, #752BFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF2F4

Lighter +30%#FEC0C9

Lighter +20%#FC8F9F

Lighter +10%#FB5D74

Darker −10%#EC0627

Darker −20%#BB041F

Darker −30%#890317

Darker −40%#57020E

More saturated +25%#FF2645

Less saturated −25%#DF465C

Channel breakdown

R250

G43

B73

Red250 (98%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue351.3°

Saturation (HSL)95.39%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 2B · B 49

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