Recognised as Colour

#FC0E46

#FC0E46
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FC0E46 is a red with RGB values 252, 14, 70 and HSL 346°, 98%, 52%. 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

#FC0E46#FC0E46

HEX#FC0E46

RGBrgb(252, 14, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.0549, 0.2745

RGB percentages98.8%, 5.5%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(345.9, 97.5%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.9, 94.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 94.4%, 72.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,518,726

CSS custom property--colour: #FC0E46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#03F1B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696246no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 84.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F903Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.3 Tomato · ΔE 25.4 Firebrick · ΔE 27.8 Red · ΔE 30.4 Orange red · ΔE 34.5 Brown · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EFCC4

Analogous#FC0EBD, #FC4D0E

Triadic#46FC0E, #0E46FC

Split complementary#0EFC4D, #0EBDFC

Tetradic#BDFC0E, #0EFCC4, #4D0EFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD7E1

Lighter +30%#FEA5BA

Lighter +20%#FD7393

Lighter +10%#FD406D

Darker −10%#D40334

Darker −20%#A20228

Darker −30%#70011B

Darker −40%#3D010F

More saturated +25%#FF0B44

Less saturated −25%#DE2D56

Channel breakdown

R252

G14

B70

Red252 (98.8%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue345.88°

Saturation (HSL)97.54%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 0E · B 46

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