Recognised as Colour

#ED6978

#ED6978
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#ED6978 is a red with RGB values 237, 105, 120 and HSL 353°, 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

#ED6978#ED6978

HEX#ED6978

RGBrgb(237, 105, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.4118, 0.4706

RGB percentages92.9%, 41.2%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(353.2, 78.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 55.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 55.7%, 49.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,559,032

CSS custom property--colour: #ED6978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#129687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868378no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89E75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF566Fno 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 text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 10.9 Indian red · ΔE 11.8 Salmon · ΔE 15 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 27.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69EDDE

Analogous#ED69BA, #ED9C69

Triadic#78ED69, #6978ED

Split complementary#69ED9C, #69BAED

Tetradic#BAED69, #69EDDE, #9C69ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF2F3

Lighter +20%#F8C4CA

Lighter +10%#F297A1

Darker −10%#E83B4F

Darker −20%#D61A2F

Darker −30%#A91425

Darker −40%#7B0F1B

More saturated +25%#FF576A

Less saturated −25%#D87E88

Channel breakdown

R237

G105

B120

Red237 (92.9%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue353.18°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G 69 · B 78

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