Recognised as Colour

#EE7D78

#EE7D78
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#EE7D78 is a red with RGB values 238, 125, 120 and HSL 3°, 78%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EE7D78#EE7D78

HEX#EE7D78

RGBrgb(238, 125, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.4902, 0.4706

RGB percentages93.3%, 49%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(2.5, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 47.5%, 49.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,629,688

CSS custom property--colour: #EE7D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#118287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#979077no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2A776no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6D7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.2 Salmon · ΔE 7.2 Indian red · ΔE 11.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.2 Light salmon · ΔE 19.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.22, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#78E9EE

Analogous#EE78AE, #EEB878

Triadic#78EE7D, #7D78EE

Split complementary#78EEB8, #78AEEE

Tetradic#AEEE78, #78E9EE, #B878EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9D4D3

Lighter +10%#F4A9A5

Darker −10%#E8514B

Darker −20%#E3261D

Darker −30%#B61E17

Darker −40%#891611

More saturated +25%#FF6D67

Less saturated −25%#DB8E8B

Channel breakdown

R238

G125

B120

Red238 (93.3%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue2.54°

Saturation (HSL)77.63%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G 7D · B 78

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