Recognised as Colour

#FF055B

#FF055B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF055B is a red with RGB values 255, 5, 91 and HSL 339°, 100%, 51%. 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

#FF055B#FF055B

HEX#FF055B

RGBrgb(255, 5, 91)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0196, 0.3569

RGB percentages100%, 2%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(339.4, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.4, 98%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 98%, 64.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,713,051

CSS custom property--colour: #FF055B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22124WCAG 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 5.42:1

Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#00FAA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#66635Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 85.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9254no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 86.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.5 Deep pink · ΔE 31.2 Firebrick · ΔE 32.5 Tomato · ΔE 33 Brown · ΔE 36.7 Indian red · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05FFA9

Analogous#FF05D8, #FF2C05

Triadic#5BFF05, #055BFF

Split complementary#05FF2C, #05D8FF

Tetradic#D8FF05, #05FFA9, #2C05FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD1E1

Lighter +30%#FF9EBF

Lighter +20%#FF6B9E

Lighter +10%#FF387C

Darker −10%#D10048

Darker −20%#9E0036

Darker −30%#6B0025

Darker −40%#380013

More saturated +25%#FF055B

Less saturated −25%#E02465

Channel breakdown

R255

B91

Red255 (100%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue339.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 05 · B 5B

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