Recognised as Colour

#FA3309

#FA3309
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FA3309 is a red with RGB values 250, 51, 9 and HSL 10°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FA3309#FA3309

HEX#FA3309

RGBrgb(250, 51, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.2, 0.0353

RGB percentages98%, 20%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(10.5, 96%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 96.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 79.6%, 96.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,397,065

CSS custom property--colour: #FA3309;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.54:1

Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#05CCF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 6.1 Red · ΔE 8.8 Tomato · ΔE 24.4 Crimson · ΔE 32.5 Coral · ΔE 34.1 Firebrick · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09D0FA

Analogous#FA0957, #FAAB09

Triadic#09FA33, #3309FA

Split complementary#09FAAC, #0957FA

Tetradic#58FA09, #09D0FA, #AC09FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FED9D1

Lighter +30%#FDAF9F

Lighter +20%#FC866D

Lighter +10%#FB5C3B

Darker −10%#CC2704

Darker −20%#9A1D03

Darker −30%#681402

Darker −40%#360A01

More saturated +25%#FF3004

Less saturated −25%#DB4728

Channel breakdown

R250

G51

Red250 (98%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue10.46°

Saturation (HSL)96.02%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 33 · B 09

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