Colour

#FC045E

#FC045E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FC045E is a red with RGB values 252, 4, 94 and HSL 338°, 98%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FC045E#FC045E

HEX#FC045E

RGBrgb(252, 4, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.0157, 0.3686

RGB percentages98.8%, 1.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(338.2, 97.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.2, 98.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 98.4%, 62.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,516,190

CSS custom property--colour: #FC045E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#03FBA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64635Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C9058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.5 Deep pink · ΔE 28.7 Firebrick · ΔE 33 Tomato · ΔE 34.6 Brown · ΔE 36.5 Indian red · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04FCA2

Analogous#FC04DA, #FC2604

Triadic#5EFC04, #045EFC

Split complementary#04FC26, #04DAFC

Tetradic#DAFC04, #04FCA2, #2604FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FECEDF

Lighter +30%#FE9BBF

Lighter +20%#FD699F

Lighter +10%#FD367E

Darker −10%#CB024B

Darker −20%#980238

Darker −30%#660126

Darker −40%#330113

More saturated +25%#FF015D

Less saturated −25%#DC2467

Channel breakdown

R252

B94

Red252 (98.8%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue338.23°

Saturation (HSL)97.64%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 04 · B 5E

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