All About Color #FF4542

#FF4542

About #FF4542

#FF4542 is a light red color with the hex code #FF4542. In RGB it is red 255, green 69, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 1°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 73%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.40:1 on white and 6.18:1 on black.

#FF4542 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 45, 42
CMYK0.00%, 72.94%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 69, 66
HSL1°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 105, 102
HSV (HSB)0.95°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 1000101, 1000010
CIE-L*AB57.95, 69.06, 44.38
RGB Percent100.00%, 27.06%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH57.95, 82.09, 32.72
XYZ44.35, 25.91, 7.82
CIE-L*UV57.95, 143.77, 32.06
xyY0.57, 0.33, 25.91
Hunter-Lab50.90, 66.45, 26.52
RYB100.00%, 27.08%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF4542 on a dark background: contrast 6.18:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF4542 on a light background: contrast 3.40:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FF4542, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FF4542. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FF4542 · #FFA09E · #E60400 · #42FCFF · #9EFDFF

Analogous palette

#FF42FC · #FF429E · #FF4542 · #FFA442 · #FCFF42

Triadic palette

#FF4542 · #42FF45 · #4542FF · #FFA09E · #9EFFA0

Tetradic palette

#FF4542 · #9EFF42 · #42FCFF · #A442FF · #E60400

Monochromatic palette

#A80300 · #F50400 · #FF4542 · #FF918F · #FFDCDB

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