Recognised as Colour

#FF0801

#FF0801
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FF0801 is a red with RGB values 255, 8, 1 and HSL 2°, 100%, 50%. 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

#FF0801#FF0801

HEX#FF0801

RGBrgb(255, 8, 1)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.0314, 0.0039

RGB percentages100%, 3.1%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(1.7, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 96.9%, 99.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,713,729

CSS custom property--colour: #FF0801;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#00F7FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 86.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 85.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 0.6 Orange red · ΔE 12.6 Tomato · ΔE 31.2 Crimson · ΔE 35.1 Firebrick · ΔE 40.3 Coral · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 0.6, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01F8FF

Analogous#FF0179, #FF8701

Triadic#01FF08, #0801FF

Split complementary#01FF87, #0179FF

Tetradic#79FF01, #01F8FF, #8701FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFCECD

Lighter +30%#FF9D9A

Lighter +20%#FF6B67

Lighter +10%#FF3A34

Darker −10%#CD0600

Darker −20%#9A0400

Darker −30%#670300

Darker −40%#340100

More saturated +25%#FF0801

Less saturated −25%#DF2621

Channel breakdown

R255

Red255 (100%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue1.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 08 · B 01

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