Colour

#FF3834

#FF3834
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF3834 is a red with RGB values 255, 56, 52 and HSL 1°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF3834#FF3834

HEX#FF3834

RGBrgb(255, 56, 52)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.2196, 0.2039

RGB percentages100%, 22%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(1.2, 100%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.2, 79.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 78%, 79.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,726,068

CSS custom property--colour: #FF3834;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#00C7CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786C31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8972Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 16.2 Red · ΔE 18.9 Crimson · ΔE 19.1 Orange red · ΔE 19.4 Firebrick · ΔE 27 Coral · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34FBFF

Analogous#FF3495, #FF9E34

Triadic#34FF38, #3834FF

Split complementary#34FF9E, #3495FF

Tetradic#95FF34, #34FBFF, #9E34FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFCECD

Lighter +20%#FF9C9A

Lighter +10%#FF6A67

Darker −10%#FF0601

Darker −20%#CD0400

Darker −30%#9A0300

Darker −40%#670200

More saturated +25%#FF3834

Less saturated −25%#E6504D

Channel breakdown

R255

G56

B52

Red255 (100%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue1.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 38 · B 34

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