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Recognised as Colour

#ED6879

  • #ED6879
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#ED6879 is a red with RGB values 237, 104, 121 and HSL 352°, 79%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#ED6879#ED6879
HEX#ED6879
RGBrgb(237, 104, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.4078, 0.4745
RGB percentages92.9%, 40.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(352.3, 78.7%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 56.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 56.1%, 48.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,558,777
CSS custom property--colour: #ED6879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.86:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#129786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858279no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79D76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FF556Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.6Indian red · ΔE 12.4Salmon · ΔE 16Pale violetred · ΔE 17.6Brown · ΔE 27.6Dark salmon · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68EDDC
Analogous#ED68BC, #ED9A68
Triadic#79ED68, #6879ED
Split complementary#68ED9A, #68BCED
Tetradic#BBED68, #68EDDC, #9968ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF1F2
Lighter +20%#F8C3CA
Lighter +10%#F296A1
Darker −10%#E83A51
Darker −20%#D61931
Darker −30%#A81427
Darker −40%#7A0F1C
More saturated +25%#FF566C
Less saturated −25%#D87D89

Channel breakdown

R237
G104
B121
Red237 (92.9%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue352.33°
Saturation (HSL)78.7%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 68 · B 79

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