Recognised as Colour

#FC572A

#FC572A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FC572A is a red with RGB values 252, 87, 42 and HSL 13°, 97%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FC572A#FC572A

HEX#FC572A

RGBrgb(252, 87, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.3412, 0.1647

RGB percentages98.8%, 34.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(12.9, 97.2%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.9, 83.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.5%, 83.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,537,386

CSS custom property--colour: #FC572A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#03A8D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877822no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B09D21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF224Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 12 Orange red · ΔE 13.4 Coral · ΔE 20.1 Red · ΔE 22.4 Chocolate · ΔE 24.1 Crimson · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2ACFFC

Analogous#FC2A66, #FCC02A

Triadic#2AFC57, #572AFC

Split complementary#2AFCC0, #2A66FC

Tetradic#66FC2A, #2ACFFC, #C02AFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6F3

Lighter +30%#FECEC1

Lighter +20%#FDA68F

Lighter +10%#FD7F5C

Darker −10%#F03603

Darker −20%#BD2B03

Darker −30%#8B1F02

Darker −40%#591401

More saturated +25%#FF5527

Less saturated −25%#E16645

Channel breakdown

R252

G87

B42

Red252 (98.8%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue12.86°

Saturation (HSL)97.22%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 57 · B 2A

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