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Recognised as Colour

#EC7880

  • #EC7880
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EC7880 is a red with RGB values 236, 120, 128 and HSL 356°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EC7880#EC7880
HEX#EC7880
RGBrgb(236, 120, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.4706, 0.502
RGB percentages92.5%, 47.1%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(355.9, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.9, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 49.2%, 45.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,497,344
CSS custom property--colour: #EC7880;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#13877F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918D80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADA47Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF697Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 4.5Indian red · ΔE 12Salmon · ΔE 13Pale violetred · ΔE 16.5Dark salmon · ΔE 21.3Light salmon · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78ECE4
Analogous#EC78BA, #ECAA78
Triadic#80EC78, #7880EC
Split complementary#78ECAA, #78BAEC
Tetradic#BAEC78, #78ECE4, #AA78EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#F9D1D4
Lighter +10%#F2A5AA
Darker −10%#E64B56
Darker −20%#DF1F2D
Darker −30%#B21924
Darker −40%#85131B
More saturated +25%#FF6570
Less saturated −25%#D98B91

Channel breakdown

R236
G120
B128
Red236 (92.5%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue355.86°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 78 · B 80

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