Recognised as Colour

#FC233E

#FC233E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FC233E is a red with RGB values 252, 35, 62 and HSL 353°, 97%, 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

#FC233E#FC233E

HEX#FC233E

RGBrgb(252, 35, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.1373, 0.2431

RGB percentages98.8%, 13.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(352.5, 97.3%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.5, 86.1%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 86.1%, 75.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,524,094

CSS custom property--colour: #FC233E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#03DCC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E653Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29235no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 82.4 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 text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.8 Tomato · ΔE 20.8 Red · ΔE 25.1 Firebrick · ΔE 26.2 Orange red · ΔE 28.2 Brown · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23FCE1

Analogous#FC23AB, #FC7423

Triadic#3EFC23, #233EFC

Split complementary#23FC74, #23ABFC

Tetradic#ABFC23, #23FCE1, #7523FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFECEF

Lighter +30%#FEBAC2

Lighter +20%#FD8896

Lighter +10%#FD556A

Darker −10%#E90320

Darker −20%#B70219

Darker −30%#840212

Darker −40%#52010B

More saturated +25%#FF203C

Less saturated −25%#E03F53

Channel breakdown

R252

G35

B62

Red252 (98.8%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue352.53°

Saturation (HSL)97.31%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 23 · B 3E

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