Colour

#FF6949

#FF6949
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF6949 is a red with RGB values 255, 105, 73 and HSL 11°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF6949#FF6949

HEX#FF6949

RGBrgb(255, 105, 73)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4118, 0.2863

RGB percentages100%, 41.2%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(10.5, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 58.8%, 71.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,738,633

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6949;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#0096B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928445no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A545no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4762no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 2.7 Coral · ΔE 10.8 Salmon · ΔE 20.5 Chocolate · ΔE 22.2 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7 Crimson · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 2.73, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#49DFFF

Analogous#FF4984, #FFC449

Triadic#49FF69, #6949FF

Split complementary#49FFC4, #4984FF

Tetradic#84FF49, #49DFFF, #C449FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE7E2

Lighter +20%#FFBDAF

Lighter +10%#FF937C

Darker −10%#FF3F16

Darker −20%#E22800

Darker −30%#AF1F00

Darker −40%#7C1600

More saturated +25%#FF6949

Less saturated −25%#E87860

Channel breakdown

R255

G105

B73

Red255 (100%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue10.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 69 · B 49

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