Recognised as Colour

#FE2B06

#FE2B06
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Nearest: Red

#FE2B06 is a red with RGB values 254, 43, 6 and HSL 9°, 99%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FE2B06#FE2B06

HEX#FE2B06

RGBrgb(254, 43, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.1686, 0.0235

RGB percentages99.6%, 16.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(9, 99.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9, 97.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 83.1%, 97.6%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,657,158

CSS custom property--colour: #FE2B06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#01D4F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 5.8 Orange red · ΔE 7.8 Tomato · ΔE 27 Crimson · ΔE 33.8 Coral · ΔE 36.9 Firebrick · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06D9FE

Analogous#FE065D, #FEA706

Triadic#06FE2B, #2B06FE

Split complementary#06FEA7, #065DFE

Tetradic#5DFE06, #06D9FE, #A706FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD8D1

Lighter +30%#FFAD9E

Lighter +20%#FE816C

Lighter +10%#FE5639

Darker −10%#D02001

Darker −20%#9D1801

Darker −30%#6B1000

Darker −40%#380900

More saturated +25%#FF2A05

Less saturated −25%#DF4125

Channel breakdown

R254

G43

Red254 (99.6%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue8.95°

Saturation (HSL)99.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G 2B · B 06

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