Colour

#FF5952

#FF5952
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF5952 is a red with RGB values 255, 89, 82 and HSL 2°, 100%, 66%. 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

#FF5952#FF5952

HEX#FF5952

RGBrgb(255, 89, 82)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.349, 0.3216

RGB percentages100%, 34.9%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(2.4, 100%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.4, 67.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 67.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,734,546

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5952;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1

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

Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#00A6AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#867C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A04Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2E59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 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 text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 9 Crimson · ΔE 17 Coral · ΔE 20.3 Salmon · ΔE 20.9 Firebrick · ΔE 22.7 Indian red · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#52F8FF

Analogous#FF52A2, #FFAF52

Triadic#52FF59, #5952FF

Split complementary#52FFAF, #52A2FF

Tetradic#A2FF52, #52F8FF, #AF52FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFECEB

Lighter +20%#FFBBB8

Lighter +10%#FF8A85

Darker −10%#FF281F

Darker −20%#EB0A00

Darker −30%#B80700

Darker −40%#850500

More saturated +25%#FF5952

Less saturated −25%#E96D68

Channel breakdown

R255

G89

B82

Red255 (100%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue2.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 59 · B 52

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