Colour

#FF5D35

#FF5D35
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF5D35 is a red with RGB values 255, 93, 53 and HSL 12°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF5D35#FF5D35

HEX#FF5D35

RGBrgb(255, 93, 53)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3647, 0.2078

RGB percentages100%, 36.5%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(11.9, 100%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.9, 79.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 63.5%, 79.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,735,541

CSS custom property--colour: #FF5D35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1

Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#00A2CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B7D2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A12Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FF2F55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 8.1 Coral · ΔE 17 Orange red · ΔE 17.1 Chocolate · ΔE 23.4 Red · ΔE 25.4 Crimson · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35D7FF

Analogous#FF3572, #FFC235

Triadic#35FF5D, #5D35FF

Split complementary#35FFC2, #3572FF

Tetradic#72FF35, #35D7FF, #C235FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFD8CE

Lighter +20%#FFAF9B

Lighter +10%#FF8668

Darker −10%#FF3402

Darker −20%#CE2900

Darker −30%#9B1F00

Darker −40%#681500

More saturated +25%#FF5D35

Less saturated −25%#E66C4E

Channel breakdown

R255

G93

B53

Red255 (100%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue11.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 5D · B 35

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