Recognised as Colour

#FA5541

#FA5541
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FA5541 is a red with RGB values 250, 85, 65 and HSL 6°, 95%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FA5541#FA5541

HEX#FA5541

RGBrgb(250, 85, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3333, 0.2549

RGB percentages98%, 33.3%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(6.5, 94.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.5, 74%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 66%, 74%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,405,825

CSS custom property--colour: #FA5541;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#05AABE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#84773Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9C3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2452no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 4.9 Coral · ΔE 18.3 Crimson · ΔE 19.6 Firebrick · ΔE 22.5 Orange red · ΔE 23.8 Salmon · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 4.93, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#41E6FA

Analogous#FA4189, #FAB141

Triadic#41FA55, #5541FA

Split complementary#41FAB1, #418AFA

Tetradic#8AFA41, #41E6FA, #B141FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEDAD6

Lighter +20%#FDAEA4

Lighter +10%#FB8173

Darker −10%#F9290F

Darker −20%#D01B05

Darker −30%#9E1504

Darker −40%#6C0E03

More saturated +25%#FF513C

Less saturated −25%#E26859

Channel breakdown

R250

G85

B65

Red250 (98%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue6.49°

Saturation (HSL)94.87%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 55 · B 41

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