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Recognised as Colour

#EC6F78

  • #EC6F78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EC6F78 is a red with RGB values 236, 111, 120 and HSL 356°, 77%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EC6F78#EC6F78
HEX#EC6F78
RGBrgb(236, 111, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.4353, 0.4706
RGB percentages92.5%, 43.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(355.7, 76.7%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 53%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 53%, 49.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,495,032
CSS custom property--colour: #EC6F78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#139087

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8678no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAA075no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF5D73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.5Indian red · ΔE 10.3Salmon · ΔE 12.4Pale violetred · ΔE 18.5Dark salmon · ΔE 24.1Light salmon · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FECE3
Analogous#EC6FB6, #ECA56F
Triadic#78EC6F, #6F78EC
Split complementary#6FECA4, #6FB6EC
Tetradic#B6EC6F, #6FECE3, #A56FEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF6F7
Lighter +20%#F8C9CC
Lighter +10%#F29CA2
Darker −10%#E6424E
Darker −20%#D81D2A
Darker −30%#AB1721
Darker −40%#7E1119
More saturated +25%#FF5C68
Less saturated −25%#D88389

Channel breakdown

R236
G111
B120
Red236 (92.5%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue355.68°
Saturation (HSL)76.69%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 6F · B 78

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