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Recognised as Colour

#ED8B74

  • #ED8B74
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#ED8B74 is a red with RGB values 237, 139, 116 and HSL 11°, 77%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#ED8B74#ED8B74
HEX#ED8B74
RGBrgb(237, 139, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5451, 0.4549
RGB percentages92.9%, 54.5%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(11.4, 77.1%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.4, 51.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 51.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,567,732
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8B74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#12748B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39972no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAD73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7B85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.1Light salmon · ΔE 9.9Salmon · ΔE 10.3Light coral · ΔE 12Indian red · ΔE 18.6Coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74D6ED
Analogous#ED7499, #EDC874
Triadic#74ED8B, #8B74ED
Split complementary#74EDC8, #749AED
Tetradic#9AED74, #74D6ED, #C874ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFCFB
Lighter +20%#F9D6CE
Lighter +10%#F3B1A1
Darker −10%#E76547
Darker −20%#DE421D
Darker −30%#B13417
Darker −40%#842711
More saturated +25%#FF8062
Less saturated −25%#D99788

Channel breakdown

R237
G139
B116
Red237 (92.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue11.4°
Saturation (HSL)77.07%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8B · B 74

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