All About Color #FF4242

#FF4242

About #FF4242

#FF4242 is a light red color with the hex code #FF4242. In RGB it is red 255, green 66, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 0°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 74%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.44:1 on white and 6.11:1 on black.

#FF4242 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 42, 42
CMYK0.00%, 74.12%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 66, 66
HSL0°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 102, 102
HSV (HSB)0.00°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 1000010, 1000010
CIE-L*AB57.61, 70.02, 44.00
RGB Percent100.00%, 25.88%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH57.61, 82.69, 32.14
XYZ44.17, 25.55, 7.76
CIE-L*UV57.61, 145.44, 31.37
xyY0.57, 0.33, 25.55
Hunter-Lab50.55, 67.53, 26.28
RYB100.00%, 25.88%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF4242 on a dark background: contrast 6.11:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF4242 on a light background: contrast 3.44:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FF4242, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FF4242. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FF4242 · #FF9E9E · #E60000 · #42FFFF · #9EFFFF

Analogous palette

#FF42FF · #FF42A1 · #FF4242 · #FFA142 · #FFFF42

Triadic palette

#FF4242 · #42FF42 · #4242FF · #FF9E9E · #9EFF9E

Tetradic palette

#FF4242 · #A1FF42 · #42FFFF · #A142FF · #E60000

Monochromatic palette

#A80000 · #F50000 · #FF4242 · #FF8F8F · #FFDBDB

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