Colour

#FF053F

#FF053F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF053F is a red with RGB values 255, 5, 63 and HSL 346°, 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 Crimson.

Colour values

#FF053F#FF053F

HEX#FF053F

RGBrgb(255, 5, 63)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0196, 0.2471

RGB percentages100%, 2%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(346.1, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.1, 98%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 98%, 75.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,713,023

CSS custom property--colour: #FF053F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1

Contrast with white3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#00FAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A613Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 86.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.3 Tomato · ΔE 25 Red · ΔE 25.8 Firebrick · ΔE 29.1 Orange red · ΔE 30.7 Brown · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05FFC5

Analogous#FF05BC, #FF4805

Triadic#3FFF05, #053FFF

Split complementary#05FF48, #05BCFF

Tetradic#BCFF05, #05FFC5, #4805FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD1DC

Lighter +30%#FF9EB5

Lighter +20%#FF6B8D

Lighter +10%#FF3866

Darker −10%#D10030

Darker −20%#9E0025

Darker −30%#6B0019

Darker −40%#38000D

More saturated +25%#FF053F

Less saturated −25%#E02450

Channel breakdown

R255

B63

Red255 (100%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue346.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 05 · B 3F

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