Recognised as Colour

#FF342A

#FF342A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#FF342A is a red with RGB values 255, 52, 42 and HSL 3°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#FF342A#FF342A

HEX#FF342A

RGBrgb(255, 52, 42)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.2039, 0.1647

RGB percentages100%, 20.4%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(2.8, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.8, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 79.6%, 83.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,725,034

CSS custom property--colour: #FF342A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#00CBD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776A25no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8961Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 14.5 Orange red · ΔE 15.3 Tomato · ΔE 18.6 Crimson · ΔE 23.1 Firebrick · ΔE 29.6 Coral · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AF5FF

Analogous#FF2A8B, #FF9E2A

Triadic#2AFF34, #342AFF

Split complementary#2AFF9E, #2A8BFF

Tetradic#8BFF2A, #2AF5FF, #9E2AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6F6

Lighter +30%#FFC6C3

Lighter +20%#FF9590

Lighter +10%#FF655D

Darker −10%#F60C00

Darker −20%#C30900

Darker −30%#900700

Darker −40%#5D0400

More saturated +25%#FF342A

Less saturated −25%#E44C45

Channel breakdown

R255

G52

B42

Red255 (100%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue2.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 34 · B 2A

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