Recognised as Colour

#EA6F79

#EA6F79
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#EA6F79 is a red with RGB values 234, 111, 121 and HSL 355°, 75%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#EA6F79

RGBrgb(234, 111, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.4353, 0.4745

RGB percentages91.8%, 43.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(355.1, 74.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.1, 52.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 52.6%, 48.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,363,961

CSS custom property--colour: #EA6F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#159086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A8679no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99F76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FD5E73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.3 Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Salmon · ΔE 13.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 24 Light salmon · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6FEAE0

Analogous#EA6FB6, #EAA36F

Triadic#79EA6F, #6F79EA

Split complementary#6FEAA3, #6FB6EA

Tetradic#B7EA6F, #6FEAE0, #A36FEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF5F5

Lighter +20%#F7C8CC

Lighter +10%#F09CA2

Darker −10%#E44250

Darker −20%#D41F2E

Darker −30%#A81824

Darker −40%#7B121A

More saturated +25%#FF5A68

Less saturated −25%#D5848A

Channel breakdown

R234

G111

B121

Red234 (91.8%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue355.12°

Saturation (HSL)74.55%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G 6F · B 79

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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