Recognised as Colour

#FB243D

#FB243D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FB243D is a red with RGB values 251, 36, 61 and HSL 353°, 96%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FB243D#FB243D

HEX#FB243D

RGBrgb(251, 36, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.1412, 0.2392

RGB percentages98.4%, 14.1%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(353, 96.4%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 85.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 75.7%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,458,813

CSS custom property--colour: #FB243D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1

Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#04DBC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E653Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29134no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.7 Tomato · ΔE 20.4 Red · ΔE 24.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.8 Orange red · ΔE 27.8 Brown · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24FBE2

Analogous#FB24A9, #FB7624

Triadic#3DFB24, #243DFB

Split complementary#24FB76, #24A9FB

Tetradic#A8FB24, #24FBE2, #7624FB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFECEE

Lighter +30%#FEBAC2

Lighter +20%#FD8896

Lighter +10%#FC5669

Darker −10%#E8041F

Darker −20%#B60318

Darker −30%#840211

Darker −40%#52010B

More saturated +25%#FF203A

Less saturated −25%#DF4052

Channel breakdown

R251

G36

B61

Red251 (98.4%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue353.02°

Saturation (HSL)96.41%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G 24 · B 3D

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