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Recognised as Colour

#ED857F

  • #ED857F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#ED857F is a red with RGB values 237, 133, 127 and HSL 3°, 75%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#ED857F#ED857F
HEX#ED857F
RGBrgb(237, 133, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5216, 0.498
RGB percentages92.9%, 52.2%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(3.3, 75.3%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.3, 46.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 43.9%, 46.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,566,207
CSS custom property--colour: #ED857F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.26:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#127A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#9C957Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5AB7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7784no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 4.01, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#7FE7ED
Analogous#ED7FB0, #EDBC7F
Triadic#7FED85, #857FED
Split complementary#7FEDBC, #7FB0ED
Tetradic#B0ED7F, #7FE7ED, #BC7FED

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FADAD8
Lighter +10%#F3B0AC
Darker −10%#E75A52
Darker −20%#E03026
Darker −30%#B9231A
Darker −40%#8C1A14
More saturated +25%#FF756D
Less saturated −25%#DB9591

Channel breakdown

R237
G133
B127
Red237 (92.9%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue3.27°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 85 · B 7F

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