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Recognised as Colour

#EC757F

  • #EC757F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EC757F is a red with RGB values 236, 117, 127 and HSL 355°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EC757F#EC757F
HEX#EC757F
RGBrgb(236, 117, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.4588, 0.498
RGB percentages92.5%, 45.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(355, 75.8%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355, 50.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 50.4%, 46.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,496,575
CSS custom property--colour: #EC757F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#138A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E8B7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA37Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Tritanopia#FF6579no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.8Indian red · ΔE 11.8Salmon · ΔE 13.5Pale violetred · ΔE 16.2Dark salmon · ΔE 22.8Light salmon · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75ECE2
Analogous#EC75BB, #ECA675
Triadic#7FEC75, #757FEC
Split complementary#75ECA6, #75BBEC
Tetradic#BBEC75, #75ECE2, #A675EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFBFC
Lighter +20%#F8CFD2
Lighter +10%#F2A2A9
Darker −10%#E64855
Darker −20%#DD1E2E
Darker −30%#B01825
Darker −40%#83121C
More saturated +25%#FF626F
Less saturated −25%#D8898F

Channel breakdown

R236
G117
B127
Red236 (92.5%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue354.96°
Saturation (HSL)75.8%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 75 · B 7F

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