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Recognised as Colour

#ED8C7E

  • #ED8C7E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#ED8C7E is a red with RGB values 237, 140, 126 and HSL 8°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#ED8C7E#ED8C7E
HEX#ED8C7E
RGBrgb(237, 140, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.549, 0.4941
RGB percentages92.9%, 54.9%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(7.6, 75.5%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 46.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 40.9%, 46.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,567,998
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8C7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#127381

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29A7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAE7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7E89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.5Light coral · ΔE 8.6Salmon · ΔE 11.4Light salmon · ΔE 13.5Indian red · ΔE 17.6Light pink · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EDFED
Analogous#ED7EA8, #EDC37E
Triadic#7EED8C, #8C7EED
Split complementary#7EEDC4, #7EA7ED
Tetradic#A7ED7E, #7EDFED, #C37EED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9DCD8
Lighter +10%#F3B4AB
Darker −10%#E76451
Darker −20%#E13C24
Darker −30%#B82E1A
Darker −40%#8C2313
More saturated +25%#FF7F6C
Less saturated −25%#DB9A90

Channel breakdown

R237
G140
B126
Red237 (92.9%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue7.57°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8C · B 7E

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