Colour

#FF0309

#FF0309
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FF0309 is a red with RGB values 255, 3, 9 and HSL 359°, 100%, 51%. 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

#FF0309#FF0309

HEX#FF0309

RGBrgb(255, 3, 9)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0118, 0.0353

RGB percentages100%, 1.2%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(358.6, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.6, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 98.8%, 96.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,712,457

CSS custom property--colour: #FF0309;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.5 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#393939

Inverted#00FCF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 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 2.2 Orange red · ΔE 13.5 Tomato · ΔE 30.2 Crimson · ΔE 33.3 Firebrick · ΔE 39.1 Coral · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 2.18, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#03FFF9

Analogous#FF0387, #FF7B03

Triadic#09FF03, #0309FF

Split complementary#03FF7B, #0387FF

Tetradic#87FF03, #03FFF9, #7B03FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCFD0

Lighter +30%#FF9C9E

Lighter +20%#FF696D

Lighter +10%#FF363B

Darker −10%#CF0005

Darker −20%#9C0004

Darker −30%#690002

Darker −40%#360001

More saturated +25%#FF0309

Less saturated −25%#E02227

Channel breakdown

R255

Red255 (100%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue358.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 03 · B 09

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