Recognised as Colour

#FF2A59

#FF2A59
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF2A59 is a red with RGB values 255, 42, 89 and HSL 347°, 100%, 58%. 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

#FF2A59#FF2A59

HEX#FF2A59

RGBrgb(255, 42, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.1647, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 16.5%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(346.8, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 83.5%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,722,521

CSS custom property--colour: #FF2A59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.73:1

Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#00D5A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6959no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39553no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.9 Tomato · ΔE 27.1 Firebrick · ΔE 28.5 Brown · ΔE 33.1 Indian red · ΔE 33.1 Salmon · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AFFD0

Analogous#FF2AC4, #FF652A

Triadic#59FF2A, #2A59FF

Split complementary#2AFF65, #2AC4FF

Tetradic#C4FF2A, #2AFFD0, #652AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6F8

Lighter +30%#FFC3D0

Lighter +20%#FF90A8

Lighter +10%#FF5D81

Darker −10%#F60036

Darker −20%#C3002B

Darker −30%#900020

Darker −40%#5D0015

More saturated +25%#FF2A59

Less saturated −25%#E44568

Channel breakdown

R255

G42

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue346.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 2A · B 59

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#FF2A59

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else