#F93046

sRGB · 249 / 48 / 70

#F93046 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 249 red, 48 green and 70 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 353.4° lands in the red region. Its 94.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 58.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.54:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 249, 48, 70
HSL: 353.43°, 94.37%, 58.24%
HSV / HSB: 353.43°, 80.72%, 97.65%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 80.72%, 71.89%, 2.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 41.228, 22.699, 8.005
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.761, 73.487, 38.223
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22696
24-bit decimal: 16330822

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #F93046 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.54:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.79:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#30F9E3 sits half a turn (180°) from #F93046 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#F93046 #30F9E3

Analogous

#F930AA and #F97F30 sit 30° to either side of #F93046. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#F930AA #F93046 #F97F30

Triadic

#F93046, #46F930 and #3046F9 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F93046 #46F930 #3046F9

Split complementary

Start at #F93046 and look across the wheel. #30F97F and #30AAF9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F93046 #30F97F #30AAF9

Square

Starting with #F93046, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AAF930, #30F9E3, then #7F30F9. Across the square, #F93046 pairs with #30F9E3, and #AAF930 with #7F30F9.

#F93046 #AAF930 #30F9E3 #7F30F9

Tetradic

#F93046 and #30F9E3 are opposites, as are #F9E330 and #3046F9. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F93046 #F9E330 #30F9E3 #3046F9

Tints

Mixing #F93046 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FA596B, keeps 80% of the original. By #FED6DA, the mixture is 80% white.

#F93046 #FA596B #FB8390 #FDACB5 #FED6DA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F93046 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C72638, keeps 80% of the original. By #320A0E, the mixture is 80% black.

#F93046 #C72638 #951D2A #64131C #320A0E #000000

Tones

Mixing #F93046 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E14052, keeps 80% of the original. By #987074, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F93046 #E14052 #C9505D #B06069 #987074 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#F93046

RGB

rgb(249 48 70)

HSL

hsl(353.433 94.366% 58.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F93046;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F93046 uses 249 red, 48 green and 70 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 97.6%

Green 18.8%

Blue 27.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F93046 is 0.0% cyan, 80.7% magenta, 71.9% yellow and 2.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 80.7%

Yellow 71.9%

Black 2.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF3344. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F34 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F93046 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF3333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #FF3344 Nearest web-safe · #FF3333

Gradient to complement

#F93046 #D85260 #B6737A #959595 #73B6AF #52D8C9 #30F9E3

Color vision previews

Compare how #F93046 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#706845

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A2923F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF003B

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B26042

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C07B40

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FB2C45

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#838383

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C9646A

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.94731 G 0.02956 B 0.06125

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.89846 G 0.27175 B 0.30171

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.78437 G 0.06002 B 0.07409

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.573 y 0.316 Y 22.699

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 2.353 M % 81.176 Y % 72.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111001 00110000 01000110