Recognised as Colour

#FF2A5A

#FF2A5A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF2A5A is a red with RGB values 255, 42, 90 and HSL 346°, 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

#FF2A5A#FF2A5A

HEX#FF2A5A

RGBrgb(255, 42, 90)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.1647, 0.3529

RGB percentages100%, 16.5%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(346.5, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.5, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 83.5%, 64.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,722,522

CSS custom property--colour: #FF2A5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23654WCAG 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 5.73:1

Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#00D5A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6A5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39554no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 81.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.2 Tomato · ΔE 27.5 Firebrick · ΔE 28.7 Indian red · ΔE 33.1 Brown · ΔE 33.2 Salmon · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AFFCF

Analogous#FF2AC5, #FF642A

Triadic#5AFF2A, #2A5AFF

Split complementary#2AFF64, #2AC5FF

Tetradic#C5FF2A, #2AFFCF, #642AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6F8

Lighter +30%#FFC3D1

Lighter +20%#FF90A9

Lighter +10%#FF5D82

Darker −10%#F60037

Darker −20%#C3002C

Darker −30%#900020

Darker −40%#5D0015

More saturated +25%#FF2A5A

Less saturated −25%#E44569

Channel breakdown

R255

G42

B90

Red255 (100%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue346.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 2A · B 5A

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