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Recognised as Colour

#FA7072

  • #FA7072
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FA7072 is a red with RGB values 250, 112, 114 and HSL 359°, 93%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FA7072#FA7072
HEX#FA7072
RGBrgb(250, 112, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.4392, 0.4471
RGB percentages98%, 43.9%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(359.1, 93.2%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.1, 55.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 55.2%, 54.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,412,786
CSS custom property--colour: #FA7072;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#058F8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918A71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A76Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FF5972no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.1Light coral · ΔE 11.7Indian red · ΔE 13.9Tomato · ΔE 21.9Coral · ΔE 23.8Dark salmon · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70FAF8
Analogous#FA70B7, #FAB370
Triadic#72FA70, #7072FA
Split complementary#70FAB3, #70B7FA
Tetradic#B7FA70, #70FAF8, #B370FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDD3D3
Lighter +10%#FCA1A3
Darker −10%#F83F41
Darker −20%#F70D11
Darker −30%#CA070A
Darker −40%#990507
More saturated +25%#FF6B6D
Less saturated −25%#E78384

Channel breakdown

R250
G112
B114
Red250 (98%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue359.13°
Saturation (HSL)93.24%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G 70 · B 72

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