All About Color #FF1500

#FF1500

About #FF1500

#FF1500 is a medium red color with the hex code #FF1500. In RGB it is red 255, green 21, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 5°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 92%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.92:1 on white and 5.36:1 on black.

#FF1500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 15, 00
CMYK0.00%, 91.76%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 21, 0
HSL5°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 25, 0
HSV (HSB)4.94°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10101, 0
CIE-L*AB53.81, 78.44, 67.42
RGB Percent100.00%, 8.24%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH53.81, 103.43, 40.68
XYZ41.51, 21.80, 2.02
CIE-L*UV53.81, 171.74, 38.81
xyY0.64, 0.33, 21.80
Hunter-Lab46.69, 77.00, 30.12
RYB100.00%, 8.97%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF1500 on a dark background: contrast 5.36:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF1500 on a light background: contrast 3.92:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FF1500, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FF1500. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FF1500 · #FF695C · #A30E00 · #00EAFF · #5CF1FF

Analogous palette

#FF00EA · #FF006A · #FF1500 · #FF9500 · #EAFF00

Triadic palette

#FF1500 · #00FF15 · #1500FF · #FF695C · #5CFF69

Tetradic palette

#FF1500 · #6AFF00 · #00EAFF · #9500FF · #A30E00

Monochromatic palette

#660900 · #B30F00 · #FF1500 · #FF5B4D · #FFA299

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