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Recognised as Colour

#FA5B57

  • #FA5B57
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tomato

#FA5B57 is a red with RGB values 250, 91, 87 and HSL 1°, 94%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FA5B57#FA5B57
HEX#FA5B57
RGBrgb(250, 91, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.3569, 0.3412
RGB percentages98%, 35.7%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(1.5, 94.2%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.5, 65.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 63.6%, 65.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,407,383
CSS custom property--colour: #FA5B57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#05A4A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#857C55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9E53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF365Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#57F6FA
Analogous#FA57A5, #FAAD57
Triadic#57FA5B, #5B57FA
Split complementary#57FAAC, #57A5FA
Tetradic#A4FA57, #57F6FA, #AC57FA

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEECEC
Lighter +20%#FDBCBA
Lighter +10%#FB8B89
Darker −10%#F92B25
Darker −20%#E40C07
Darker −30%#B30A05
Darker −40%#810704
More saturated +25%#FF5652
Less saturated −25%#E4706D

Channel breakdown

R250
G91
B87
Red250 (98%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue1.47°
Saturation (HSL)94.22%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 5B · B 57

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