Colour

#FF5736

#FF5736
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF5736 is a red with RGB values 255, 87, 54 and HSL 10°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF5736#FF5736

HEX#FF5736

RGBrgb(255, 87, 54)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3412, 0.2118

RGB percentages100%, 34.1%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(9.9, 100%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.9, 78.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 65.9%, 78.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,734,006

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5736;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1

Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#00A8C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887A31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B19F2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2251no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 8 Orange red · ΔE 17.2 Coral · ΔE 19 Red · ΔE 24 Crimson · ΔE 25 Chocolate · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36DEFF

Analogous#FF3679, #FFBC36

Triadic#36FF57, #5736FF

Split complementary#36FFBC, #3679FF

Tetradic#79FF36, #36DEFF, #BC36FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFD7CF

Lighter +20%#FFAC9C

Lighter +10%#FF8269

Darker −10%#FF2C03

Darker −20%#CF2200

Darker −30%#9C1A00

Darker −40%#691100

More saturated +25%#FF5736

Less saturated −25%#E6684F

Channel breakdown

R255

G87

B54

Red255 (100%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue9.85°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 57 · B 36

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