Colour

#FF6940

#FF6940
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF6940 is a red with RGB values 255, 105, 64 and HSL 13°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF6940#FF6940

HEX#FF6940

RGBrgb(255, 105, 64)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4118, 0.251

RGB percentages100%, 41.2%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(12.9, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.9, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 58.8%, 74.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,738,624

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6940;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#0096BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93843Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A53Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4660no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 5.5 Coral · ΔE 11 Chocolate · ΔE 20.1 Orange red · ΔE 22.8 Salmon · ΔE 24.3 Firebrick · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40D6FF

Analogous#FF4077, #FFC840

Triadic#40FF69, #6940FF

Split complementary#40FFC8, #4077FF

Tetradic#77FF40, #40D6FF, #C940FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE1D9

Lighter +20%#FFB9A6

Lighter +10%#FF9173

Darker −10%#FF410D

Darker −20%#D92F00

Darker −30%#A62400

Darker −40%#731900

More saturated +25%#FF6940

Less saturated −25%#E77758

Channel breakdown

R255

G105

B64

Red255 (100%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue12.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 69 · B 40

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