Recognised as Colour

#FF353A

#FF353A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF353A is a red with RGB values 255, 53, 58 and HSL 359°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FF353A#FF353A

HEX#FF353A

RGBrgb(255, 53, 58)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.2078, 0.2275

RGB percentages100%, 20.8%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(358.5, 100%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.5, 79.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 79.2%, 77.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,725,306

CSS custom property--colour: #FF353A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#00CAC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766B38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79631no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.3 Tomato · ΔE 16.7 Red · ΔE 21.6 Orange red · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 26.1 Coral · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35FFFA

Analogous#FF359F, #FF9535

Triadic#3AFF35, #353AFF

Split complementary#35FF95, #359FFF

Tetradic#9FFF35, #35FFFA, #9535FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFCECF

Lighter +20%#FF9B9D

Lighter +10%#FF686C

Darker −10%#FF0208

Darker −20%#CE0005

Darker −30%#9B0004

Darker −40%#680003

More saturated +25%#FF353A

Less saturated −25%#E64E52

Channel breakdown

R255

G53

B58

Red255 (100%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue358.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 35 · B 3A

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