Colour

#FF2565

#FF2565
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF2565 is a red with RGB values 255, 37, 101 and HSL 342°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FF2565#FF2565

HEX#FF2565

RGBrgb(255, 37, 101)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.1451, 0.3961

RGB percentages100%, 14.5%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(342.4, 100%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 85.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 85.5%, 60.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,721,253

CSS custom property--colour: #FF2565;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#00DA9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A6966no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 82.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0955Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 83.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17 Deep pink · ΔE 27.6 Firebrick · ΔE 32.6 Tomato · ΔE 33.4 Indian red · ΔE 34.1 Brown · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25FFBF

Analogous#FF25D2, #FF5225

Triadic#65FF25, #2565FF

Split complementary#25FF52, #25D2FF

Tetradic#D2FF25, #25FFBF, #5225FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF1F5

Lighter +30%#FFBED1

Lighter +20%#FF8BAD

Lighter +10%#FF5889

Darker −10%#F10047

Darker −20%#BE0038

Darker −30%#8B0029

Darker −40%#58001A

More saturated +25%#FF2565

Less saturated −25%#E44070

Channel breakdown

R255

G37

B101

Red255 (100%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue342.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 25 · B 65

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