Colour

#FC001E

#FC001E
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Nearest: Red

#FC001E is a red with RGB values 252, 0, 30 and HSL 353°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FC001E#FC001E

HEX#FC001E

RGBrgb(252, 0, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0, 0.1176

RGB percentages98.8%, 0%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(352.9, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 88.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,515,102

CSS custom property--colour: #FC001E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#03FFE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5E19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 9.9 Orange red · ΔE 17.3 Crimson · ΔE 25.9 Tomato · ΔE 26.2 Firebrick · ΔE 33.7 Coral · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FCDE

Analogous#FC009C, #FC6000

Triadic#1EFC00, #001EFC

Split complementary#00FC60, #009CFC

Tetradic#9CFC00, #00FCDE, #6000FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC9CF

Lighter +30%#FF96A2

Lighter +20%#FF6376

Lighter +10%#FF3049

Darker −10%#C90018

Darker −20%#960012

Darker −30%#63000C

Darker −40%#300006

More saturated +25%#FC001E

Less saturated −25%#DD2036

Channel breakdown

R252

B30

Red252 (98.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue352.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 00 · B 1E

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