Recognised as Colour

#FC272E

#FC272E
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Nearest: Red

#FC272E is a red with RGB values 252, 39, 46 and HSL 358°, 97%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FC272E#FC272E

HEX#FC272E

RGBrgb(252, 39, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.1529, 0.1804

RGB percentages98.8%, 15.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(358, 97.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358, 84.5%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 81.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,525,102

CSS custom property--colour: #FC272E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22344WCAG 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 5.47:1

Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#03D8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#71652Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 16.8 Crimson · ΔE 19.5 Orange red · ΔE 19.7 Tomato · ΔE 19.8 Firebrick · ΔE 28.2 Coral · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 16.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27FCF5

Analogous#FC2799, #FC8A27

Triadic#2EFC27, #272EFC

Split complementary#27FC8A, #2799FC

Tetradic#99FC27, #27FCF5, #8A27FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF0F1

Lighter +30%#FEBEC0

Lighter +20%#FD8C8F

Lighter +10%#FD595F

Darker −10%#ED030B

Darker −20%#BA0309

Darker −30%#880206

Darker −40%#560104

More saturated +25%#FF242B

Less saturated −25%#E14248

Channel breakdown

R252

G39

B46

Red252 (98.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue358.03°

Saturation (HSL)97.26%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 27 · B 2E

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