Recognised as Colour

#FA4A25

#FA4A25
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FA4A25 is a red with RGB values 250, 74, 37 and HSL 10°, 96%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FA4A25#FA4A25

HEX#FA4A25

RGBrgb(250, 74, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.2902, 0.1451

RGB percentages98%, 29%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(10.4, 95.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.4, 85.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 70.4%, 85.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,402,981

CSS custom property--colour: #FA4A25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#05B5DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F711Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9819no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 11.5 Tomato · ΔE 14.3 Red · ΔE 18.3 Coral · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 27 Chocolate · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25D5FA

Analogous#FA256B, #FAB425

Triadic#25FA4A, #4A25FA

Split complementary#25FAB4, #256BFA

Tetradic#6BFA25, #25D5FA, #B425FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF0EC

Lighter +30%#FDC6BB

Lighter +20%#FC9D89

Lighter +10%#FB7357

Darker −10%#E72C05

Darker −20%#B52304

Darker −30%#831903

Darker −40%#511002

More saturated +25%#FF4720

Less saturated −25%#DE5C41

Channel breakdown

R250

G74

B37

Red250 (98%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue10.42°

Saturation (HSL)95.52%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 4A · B 25

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Colour values

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