Colour

#FF6A55

#FF6A55
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF6A55 is a red with RGB values 255, 106, 85 and HSL 7°, 100%, 67%. 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

#FF6A55#FF6A55

HEX#FF6A55

RGBrgb(255, 106, 85)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4157, 0.3333

RGB percentages100%, 41.6%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(7.4, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.4, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 58.4%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,738,901

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6A55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#0095AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928652no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A651no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4A66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 6.5 Coral · ΔE 12.9 Salmon · ΔE 15.8 Indian red · ΔE 23.5 Crimson · ΔE 23.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55EAFF

Analogous#FF5595, #FFBF55

Triadic#55FF6A, #6A55FF

Split complementary#55FFBF, #5595FF

Tetradic#95FF55, #55EAFF, #BF55FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF0EE

Lighter +20%#FFC3BB

Lighter +10%#FF9788

Darker −10%#FF3D22

Darker −20%#EE1D00

Darker −30%#BB1700

Darker −40%#881100

More saturated +25%#FF6A55

Less saturated −25%#EA7A6A

Channel breakdown

R255

G106

B85

Red255 (100%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue7.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 6A · B 55

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