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Recognised as Colour

#ED6B60

  • #ED6B60
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#ED6B60 is a red with RGB values 237, 107, 96 and HSL 5°, 80%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#ED6B60#ED6B60
HEX#ED6B60
RGBrgb(237, 107, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.4196, 0.3765
RGB percentages92.9%, 42%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(4.7, 79.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.7, 59.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 54.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,559,520
CSS custom property--colour: #ED6B60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#12949F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B825Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9E5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF5469no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 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 text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.6Indian red · ΔE 12.5Light coral · ΔE 14Tomato · ΔE 17.8Coral · ΔE 18.3Light salmon · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60E2ED
Analogous#ED609C, #EDB260
Triadic#60ED6B, #6B60ED
Split complementary#60EDB2, #609CED
Tetradic#9CED60, #60E2ED, #B260ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDEBE9
Lighter +20%#F7C0BC
Lighter +10%#F2968E
Darker −10%#E84032
Darker −20%#D02617
Darker −30%#A21D12
Darker −40%#74150D
More saturated +25%#FF5C4E
Less saturated −25%#D77E76

Channel breakdown

R237
G107
B96
Red237 (92.9%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue4.68°
Saturation (HSL)79.66%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 6B · B 60

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