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Recognised as Colour

#C9757A

  • #C9757A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#C9757A is a red with RGB values 201, 117, 122 and HSL 356°, 44%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#C9757A#C9757A
HEX#C9757A
RGBrgb(201, 117, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4588, 0.4784
RGB percentages78.8%, 45.9%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(356.4, 43.8%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.4, 41.8%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 41.8%, 39.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,202,810
CSS custom property--colour: #C9757A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#368A85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85837Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9378no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D86C77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 14.4Indian red · ΔE 16.3Pale violetred · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 17.9Dark salmon · ΔE 20.3Salmon · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75C9C4
Analogous#C975A4, #C99A75
Triadic#7AC975, #757AC9
Split complementary#75C99A, #75A4C9
Tetradic#A4C975, #75C9C4, #9A75C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4E3E4
Lighter +20%#E6BEC1
Lighter +10%#D79A9D
Darker −10%#BB5057
Darker −20%#9B3D42
Darker −30%#772E33
Darker −40%#522023
More saturated +25%#E15D65
Less saturated −25%#B18D8F

Channel breakdown

R201
G117
B122
Red201 (78.8%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue356.43°
Saturation (HSL)43.75%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 75 · B 7A

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