Recognised as Colour

#FE272E

#FE272E
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Nearest: Red

#FE272E is a red with RGB values 254, 39, 46 and HSL 358°, 99%, 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

#FE272E#FE272E

HEX#FE272E

RGBrgb(254, 39, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.1529, 0.1804

RGB percentages99.6%, 15.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(358, 99.1%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358, 84.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 84.6%, 81.9%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,656,174

CSS custom property--colour: #FE272E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.54:1

Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#01D8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#71662Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 16.2 Orange red · ΔE 19.4 Crimson · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 20.3 Firebrick · ΔE 29.1 Coral · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 16.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27FEF7

Analogous#FE279A, #FE8B27

Triadic#2EFE27, #272EFE

Split complementary#27FE8B, #279AFE

Tetradic#9AFE27, #27FEF7, #8B27FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF2F2

Lighter +30%#FFBFC1

Lighter +20%#FE8D90

Lighter +10%#FE5A5F

Darker −10%#F10109

Darker −20%#BE0107

Darker −30%#8B0105

Darker −40%#590003

More saturated +25%#FF262D

Less saturated −25%#E34247

Channel breakdown

R254

G39

B46

Red254 (99.6%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue358.05°

Saturation (HSL)99.08%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 27 · B 2E

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