Colour

#FF5946

#FF5946
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF5946 is a red with RGB values 255, 89, 70 and HSL 6°, 100%, 64%. 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

#FF5946#FF5946

HEX#FF5946

RGBrgb(255, 89, 70)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.349, 0.2745

RGB percentages100%, 34.9%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(6.2, 100%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.2, 72.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 72.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,734,534

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5946;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1

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

Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#00A6B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887B43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A040no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2A56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 4.5 Coral · ΔE 18 Crimson · ΔE 20 Firebrick · ΔE 23.6 Salmon · ΔE 24.2 Orange red · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 4.54, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46ECFF

Analogous#FF468F, #FFB646

Triadic#46FF59, #5946FF

Split complementary#46FFB6, #468FFF

Tetradic#8FFF46, #46ECFF, #B546FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE2DF

Lighter +20%#FFB5AC

Lighter +10%#FF8779

Darker −10%#FF2B13

Darker −20%#DF1700

Darker −30%#AC1200

Darker −40%#790C00

More saturated +25%#FF5946

Less saturated −25%#E86B5D

Channel breakdown

R255

G89

B70

Red255 (100%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue6.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 59 · B 46

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