Recognised as Colour

#FF503E

#FF503E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF503E is a red with RGB values 255, 80, 62 and HSL 6°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF503E#FF503E

HEX#FF503E

RGBrgb(255, 80, 62)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3137, 0.2431

RGB percentages100%, 31.4%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(5.6, 100%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.6, 75.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 75.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,732,222

CSS custom property--colour: #FF503E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#00AFC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83763Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9D37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0B4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 7.9 Crimson · ΔE 19.8 Orange red · ΔE 21.2 Coral · ΔE 21.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.4 Red · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3EEDFF

Analogous#FF3E8D, #FFB13E

Triadic#3EFF50, #503EFF

Split complementary#3EFFB1, #3E8CFF

Tetradic#8DFF3E, #3EEDFF, #B13EFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFDBD7

Lighter +20%#FFACA4

Lighter +10%#FF7E71

Darker −10%#FF220B

Darker −20%#D71400

Darker −30%#A40F00

Darker −40%#710B00

More saturated +25%#FF503E

Less saturated −25%#E76456

Channel breakdown

R255

G80

B62

Red255 (100%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue5.6°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 50 · B 3E

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Colour values

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