Recognised as Colour

#FF0608

#FF0608
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FF0608 is a red with RGB values 255, 6, 8 and HSL 360°, 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

#FF0608#FF0608

HEX#FF0608

RGBrgb(255, 6, 8)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0235, 0.0314

RGB percentages100%, 2.4%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(359.5, 100%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.5, 97.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 97.6%, 96.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,713,224

CSS custom property--colour: #FF0608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21408WCAG 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 5.28:1

Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#00F9F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D6000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 1.9 Orange red · ΔE 13.2 Tomato · ΔE 30.2 Crimson · ΔE 33.5 Firebrick · ΔE 39.2 Coral · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 1.94, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06FFFD

Analogous#FF0685, #FF8106

Triadic#08FF06, #0608FF

Split complementary#06FF81, #0684FF

Tetradic#84FF06, #06FFFD, #8006FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD2D2

Lighter +30%#FF9FA0

Lighter +20%#FF6C6D

Lighter +10%#FF393B

Darker −10%#D20002

Darker −20%#9F0001

Darker −30%#6C0001

Darker −40%#390000

More saturated +25%#FF0608

Less saturated −25%#E02527

Channel breakdown

R255

Red255 (100%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue359.52°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 06 · B 08

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