Colour

#FF024D

#FF024D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF024D is a red with RGB values 255, 2, 77 and HSL 342°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FF024D#FF024D

HEX#FF024D

RGBrgb(255, 2, 77)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0078, 0.302

RGB percentages100%, 0.8%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(342.2, 100%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.2, 99.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 99.2%, 69.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,712,269

CSS custom property--colour: #FF024D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#00FDB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68624Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09145no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 86.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.6 Tomato · ΔE 28.3 Firebrick · ΔE 29.9 Red · ΔE 33.9 Brown · ΔE 35.9 Orange red · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02FFB4

Analogous#FF02CB, #FF3602

Triadic#4DFF02, #024DFF

Split complementary#02FF35, #02CCFF

Tetradic#CBFF02, #02FFB4, #3602FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCEDD

Lighter +30%#FF9BB9

Lighter +20%#FF6895

Lighter +10%#FF3571

Darker −10%#CE003D

Darker −20%#9B002E

Darker −30%#68001F

Darker −40%#350010

More saturated +25%#FF024D

Less saturated −25%#DF225A

Channel breakdown

R255

B77

Red255 (100%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue342.21°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 02 · B 4D

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