Recognised as Colour

#FC5E43

#FC5E43
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FC5E43 is a red with RGB values 252, 94, 67 and HSL 9°, 97%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FC5E43#FC5E43

HEX#FC5E43

RGBrgb(252, 94, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.3686, 0.2627

RGB percentages98.8%, 36.9%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(8.8, 96.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.8, 73.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 62.7%, 73.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,539,203

CSS custom property--colour: #FC5E43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1

Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#03A1BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A7D3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A03Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3559no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 1.7 Coral · ΔE 14.9 Crimson · ΔE 22.7 Salmon · ΔE 23.3 Firebrick · ΔE 23.8 Orange red · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 1.7, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43E1FC

Analogous#FC4385, #FCBB43

Triadic#43FC5E, #5E43FC

Split complementary#43FCBB, #4384FC

Tetradic#84FC43, #43E1FC, #BA43FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEDFDA

Lighter +20%#FEB4A7

Lighter +10%#FD8975

Darker −10%#FB3311

Darker −20%#D62203

Darker −30%#A31A03

Darker −40%#711202

More saturated +25%#FF5C40

Less saturated −25%#E46F5B

Channel breakdown

R252

G94

B67

Red252 (98.8%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue8.76°

Saturation (HSL)96.86%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 5E · B 43

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