Recognised as Colour

#FE003C

#FE003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FE003C is a red with RGB values 254, 0, 60 and HSL 346°, 100%, 50%. 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

#FE003C#FE003C

HEX#FE003C

RGBrgb(254, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages99.6%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(345.8, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.8, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,646,204

CSS custom property--colour: #FE003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#01FFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#69603Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09032no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 86.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.8 Red · ΔE 24.6 Tomato · ΔE 24.9 Firebrick · ΔE 29.1 Orange red · ΔE 29.7 Brown · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FEC2

Analogous#FE00BB, #FE4300

Triadic#3CFE00, #003CFE

Split complementary#00FE43, #00BBFE

Tetradic#BBFE00, #00FEC2, #4300FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCBD7

Lighter +30%#FF98B0

Lighter +20%#FF6589

Lighter +10%#FF3262

Darker −10%#CB0030

Darker −20%#980024

Darker −30%#650018

Darker −40%#32000C

More saturated +25%#FE003C

Less saturated −25%#DE204D

Channel breakdown

R254

B60

Red254 (99.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue345.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 00 · B 3C

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