Colour

#FF001C

#FF001C
Red
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Nearest: Red

#FF001C is a red with RGB values 255, 0, 28 and HSL 353°, 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 Red.

Colour values

#FF001C#FF001C

HEX#FF001C

RGBrgb(255, 0, 28)

RGB (0–1)1, 0, 0.1098

RGB percentages100%, 0%, 11%

HSLhsl(353.4, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 100%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 89%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,711,708

CSS custom property--colour: #FF001C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#00FFE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C5F17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 86.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 8.3 Orange red · ΔE 16.7 Tomato · ΔE 27.2 Crimson · ΔE 27.7 Firebrick · ΔE 35.3 Coral · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00FFE3

Analogous#FF009B, #FF6400

Triadic#1CFF00, #001CFF

Split complementary#00FF64, #009BFF

Tetradic#9BFF00, #00FFE3, #6400FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCCD2

Lighter +30%#FF99A4

Lighter +20%#FF6677

Lighter +10%#FF3349

Darker −10%#CC0016

Darker −20%#990011

Darker −30%#66000B

Darker −40%#330006

More saturated +25%#FF001C

Less saturated −25%#DF2035

Channel breakdown

R255

B28

Red255 (100%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue353.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 00 · B 1C

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