Recognised as Colour

#FA2E37

#FA2E37
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA2E37 is a red with RGB values 250, 46, 55 and HSL 357°, 95%, 58%. 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

#FA2E37#FA2E37

HEX#FA2E37

RGBrgb(250, 46, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1804, 0.2157

RGB percentages98%, 18%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(357.4, 95.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.4, 81.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 81.6%, 78%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,395,831

CSS custom property--colour: #FA2E37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.4 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#5A5A5A

Inverted#05D1C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716735no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3922Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0035no 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 text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.2 Tomato · ΔE 17.6 Red · ΔE 21.7 Orange red · ΔE 23.4 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Coral · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EFAF1

Analogous#FA2E9D, #FA8B2E

Triadic#37FA2E, #2E37FA

Split complementary#2EFA8B, #2E9DFA

Tetradic#9DFA2E, #2EFAF1, #8B2EFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF5F6

Lighter +30%#FEC3C6

Lighter +20%#FC9296

Lighter +10%#FB6067

Darker −10%#EF0610

Darker −20%#BD050D

Darker −30%#8C0309

Darker −40%#5A0206

More saturated +25%#FF2932

Less saturated −25%#DF494F

Channel breakdown

R250

G46

B55

Red250 (98%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue357.35°

Saturation (HSL)95.33%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 2E · B 37

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