All About Color #FF5242

#FF5242

About #FF5242

#FF5242 is a light red color with the hex code #FF5242. In RGB it is red 255, green 82, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 5°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 68%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.21:1 on white and 6.54:1 on black.

#FF5242 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, 52, 42
CMYK0.00%, 67.84%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 82, 66
HSL5°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 122, 102
HSV (HSB)5.08°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 1010010, 1000010
CIE-L*AB59.61, 64.50, 46.19
RGB Percent100.00%, 32.16%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH59.61, 79.34, 35.61
XYZ45.24, 27.69, 8.11
CIE-L*UV59.61, 135.89, 35.32
xyY0.56, 0.34, 27.69
Hunter-Lab52.62, 61.39, 27.69
RYB100.00%, 32.74%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FF5242 on a dark background: contrast 6.54:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FF5242 on a light background: contrast 3.21:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FF5242, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FF5242. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FF5242 · #FFA69E · #E61300 · #42EFFF · #9EF7FF

Analogous palette

#FF42EF · #FF4291 · #FF5242 · #FFB042 · #EFFF42

Triadic palette

#FF5242 · #42FF52 · #5242FF · #FFA69E · #9EFFA6

Tetradic palette

#FF5242 · #91FF42 · #42EFFF · #B042FF · #E61300

Monochromatic palette

#A80E00 · #F51400 · #FF5242 · #FF988F · #FFDEDB

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