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Recognised as Colour

#ED8B7E

  • #ED8B7E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#ED8B7E is a red with RGB values 237, 139, 126 and HSL 7°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#ED8B7E#ED8B7E
HEX#ED8B7E
RGBrgb(237, 139, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5451, 0.4941
RGB percentages92.9%, 54.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(7, 75.5%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7, 46.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 46.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,567,742
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8B7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#127481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1997Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9AE7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7D88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8Dark salmon · ΔE 9.2Salmon · ΔE 11.1Light salmon · ΔE 14Indian red · ΔE 17.2Light pink · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EE0ED
Analogous#ED7EA8, #EDC37E
Triadic#7EED8B, #8B7EED
Split complementary#7EEDC2, #7EA9ED
Tetradic#A8ED7E, #7EE0ED, #C37EED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9DBD8
Lighter +10%#F3B3AB
Darker −10%#E76351
Darker −20%#E13B24
Darker −30%#B82C1A
Darker −40%#8C2213
More saturated +25%#FF7D6C
Less saturated −25%#DB9990

Channel breakdown

R237
G139
B126
Red237 (92.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue7.03°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8B · B 7E

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