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Recognised as Colour

#ED8F8F

  • #ED8F8F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#ED8F8F is a red with RGB values 237, 143, 143 and HSL 0°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#ED8F8F#ED8F8F
HEX#ED8F8F
RGBrgb(237, 143, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5608, 0.5608
RGB percentages92.9%, 56.1%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(0, 72.3%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0, 39.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 39.7%, 39.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,568,783
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8F8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#127070

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29E8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9B08Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FE8490no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.9Dark salmon · ΔE 14.4Salmon · ΔE 16.9Light pink · ΔE 17.4Indian red · ΔE 19.6Pale violetred · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FEDED
Analogous#ED8FBE, #EDBE8F
Triadic#8FED8F, #8F8FED
Split complementary#8FEDBE, #8FBEED
Tetradic#BEED8F, #8FEDED, #BE8FED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE7E7
Lighter +10%#F4BBBB
Darker −10%#E66363
Darker −20%#DF3737
Darker −30%#C41F1F
Darker −40%#981818
More saturated +25%#FD7F7F
Less saturated −25%#DD9F9F

Channel breakdown

R237
G143
B143
Red237 (92.9%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue0°
Saturation (HSL)72.31%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8F · B 8F

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