Colour

#FF5859

#FF5859
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF5859 is a red with RGB values 255, 88, 89 and HSL 360°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF5859#FF5859

HEX#FF5859

RGBrgb(255, 88, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3451, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 34.5%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(359.6, 100%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.6, 65.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 65.5%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,734,297

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5859;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#00A7A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#857C58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2E5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 12.8 Crimson · ΔE 15.8 Salmon · ΔE 20 Coral · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 23 Indian red · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58FFFE

Analogous#FF58AC, #FFAB58

Triadic#59FF58, #5859FF

Split complementary#58FFAB, #58ACFF

Tetradic#ACFF58, #58FFFE, #AB58FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF1F1

Lighter +20%#FFBEBE

Lighter +10%#FF8B8C

Darker −10%#FF2526

Darker −20%#F10001

Darker −30%#BE0001

Darker −40%#8B0001

More saturated +25%#FF5859

Less saturated −25%#EA6D6E

Channel breakdown

R255

G88

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue359.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 58 · B 59

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