Colour

#FF353F

#FF353F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FF353F is a red with RGB values 255, 53, 63 and HSL 357°, 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

#FF353F#FF353F

HEX#FF353F

RGBrgb(255, 53, 63)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.2078, 0.2471

RGB percentages100%, 20.8%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(357, 100%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357, 79.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 79.2%, 75.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,725,311

CSS custom property--colour: #FF353F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#616161

Inverted#00CAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766B3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79637no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.3 Tomato · ΔE 17 Red · ΔE 24.1 Firebrick · ΔE 25.5 Orange red · ΔE 25.5 Coral · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35FFF5

Analogous#FF35A4, #FF9035

Triadic#3FFF35, #353FFF

Split complementary#35FF90, #35A4FF

Tetradic#A4FF35, #35FFF5, #9035FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFCED0

Lighter +20%#FF9BA0

Lighter +10%#FF686F

Darker −10%#FF020F

Darker −20%#CE000A

Darker −30%#9B0008

Darker −40%#680005

More saturated +25%#FF353F

Less saturated −25%#E64E56

Channel breakdown

R255

G53

B63

Red255 (100%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue357.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 35 · B 3F

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#FF353F

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else