Recognised as Colour

#FF4A28

#FF4A28
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#FF4A28 is a red with RGB values 255, 74, 40 and HSL 9°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#FF4A28#FF4A28

HEX#FF4A28

RGBrgb(255, 74, 40)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.2902, 0.1569

RGB percentages100%, 29%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(9.5, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 71%, 84.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,730,664

CSS custom property--colour: #FF4A28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#00B5D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#817321no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9B1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 11.4 Tomato · ΔE 14.8 Red · ΔE 17.3 Coral · ΔE 25.2 Crimson · ΔE 27 Chocolate · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28DDFF

Analogous#FF2872, #FFB528

Triadic#28FF4A, #4A28FF

Split complementary#28FFB6, #2871FF

Tetradic#72FF28, #28DDFF, #B528FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6F4

Lighter +30%#FFCBC1

Lighter +20%#FFA08E

Lighter +10%#FF755B

Darker −10%#F42700

Darker −20%#C11F00

Darker −30%#8E1600

Darker −40%#5B0E00

More saturated +25%#FF4A28

Less saturated −25%#E45C43

Channel breakdown

R255

G74

B40

Red255 (100%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue9.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 4A · B 28

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