Recognised as Colour

#FF2C04

#FF2C04
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FF2C04 is a red with RGB values 255, 44, 4 and HSL 10°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FF2C04#FF2C04

HEX#FF2C04

RGBrgb(255, 44, 4)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.1725, 0.0157

RGB percentages100%, 17.3%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(9.6, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.6, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 82.7%, 98.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,722,948

CSS custom property--colour: #FF2C04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1

Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#00D3FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#756700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 81.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 5.8 Orange red · ΔE 7.5 Tomato · ΔE 27.5 Crimson · ΔE 34.6 Coral · ΔE 37.2 Firebrick · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04D7FF

Analogous#FF0459, #FFAA04

Triadic#04FF2C, #2C04FF

Split complementary#04FFAA, #0459FF

Tetradic#59FF04, #04D7FF, #AA04FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD7D0

Lighter +30%#FFAD9D

Lighter +20%#FF826A

Lighter +10%#FF5737

Darker −10%#D02100

Darker −20%#9D1900

Darker −30%#6A1100

Darker −40%#370900

More saturated +25%#FF2C04

Less saturated −25%#E04123

Channel breakdown

R255

G44

Red255 (100%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue9.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 2C · B 04

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