Recognised as Colour

#ED797A

#ED797A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#ED797A is a red with RGB values 237, 121, 122 and HSL 359°, 76%, 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

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HEX#ED797A

RGBrgb(237, 121, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.4745, 0.4784

RGB percentages92.9%, 47.5%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(359.5, 76.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.5, 48.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 48.9%, 48.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,563,130

CSS custom property--colour: #ED797A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#128685

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938D79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA578no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FF697Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 2.8 Salmon · ΔE 9.4 Indian red · ΔE 11 Dark salmon · ΔE 19 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.2 Light salmon · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 2.76, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79EDEC

Analogous#ED79B4, #EDB279

Triadic#7AED79, #797AED

Split complementary#79EDB2, #79B4ED

Tetradic#B4ED79, #79EDEC, #B279ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9D3D3

Lighter +10%#F3A6A7

Darker −10%#E74C4D

Darker −20%#E11F21

Darker −30%#B5181A

Darker −40%#881213

More saturated +25%#FF6768

Less saturated −25%#DA8C8D

Channel breakdown

R237

G121

B122

Red237 (92.9%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue359.48°

Saturation (HSL)76.32%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G 79 · B 7A

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