Recognised as Colour

#FE270D

#FE270D
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Nearest: Red

#FE270D is a red with RGB values 254, 39, 13 and HSL 6°, 99%, 52%. 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

#FE270D#FE270D

HEX#FE270D

RGBrgb(254, 39, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.1529, 0.051

RGB percentages99.6%, 15.3%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(6.5, 99.2%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.5, 94.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 84.6%, 94.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,656,141

CSS custom property--colour: #FE270D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#01D8F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#736500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 5.5 Orange red · ΔE 9.3 Tomato · ΔE 26.4 Crimson · ΔE 32.2 Firebrick · ΔE 36.7 Coral · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0DE4FE

Analogous#FE0D6B, #FEA00D

Triadic#0DFE27, #270DFE

Split complementary#0DFEA0, #0D6BFE

Tetradic#6BFE0D, #0DE4FE, #A00DFE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFDCD8

Lighter +30%#FFAFA5

Lighter +20%#FE8273

Lighter +10%#FE5440

Darker −10%#D71801

Darker −20%#A41201

Darker −30%#720D00

Darker −40%#3F0700

More saturated +25%#FF260C

Less saturated −25%#E03F2B

Channel breakdown

R254

G39

B13

Red254 (99.6%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue6.47°

Saturation (HSL)99.18%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 27 · B 0D

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