Colour

#FF3001

#FF3001
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FF3001 is a red with RGB values 255, 48, 1 and HSL 11°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FF3001#FF3001

HEX#FF3001

RGBrgb(255, 48, 1)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.1882, 0.0039

RGB percentages100%, 18.8%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(11.1, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.1, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 99.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,723,969

CSS custom property--colour: #FF3001;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.68:1

Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#00CFFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 6.4 Red · ΔE 6.8 Tomato · ΔE 27.5 Crimson · ΔE 35.3 Coral · ΔE 36.8 Chocolate · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01D0FF

Analogous#FF0151, #FFAF01

Triadic#01FF30, #3001FF

Split complementary#01FFAF, #0151FF

Tetradic#51FF01, #01D0FF, #AF01FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFD6CD

Lighter +30%#FFAD9A

Lighter +20%#FF8367

Lighter +10%#FF5A34

Darker −10%#CD2600

Darker −20%#9A1C00

Darker −30%#671300

Darker −40%#340A00

More saturated +25%#FF3001

Less saturated −25%#DF4421

Channel breakdown

R255

G48

Red255 (100%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue11.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 30 · B 01

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