Recognised as Colour

#FA7972

#FA7972
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#FA7972 is a red with RGB values 250, 121, 114 and HSL 3°, 93%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FA7972#FA7972

HEX#FA7972

RGBrgb(250, 121, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.4745, 0.4471

RGB percentages98%, 47.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(3.1, 93.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.1, 54.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 51.6%, 54.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,415,090

CSS custom property--colour: #FA7972;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#05868D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988F71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8AA6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6478no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 4.1 Light coral · ΔE 9.7 Indian red · ΔE 14.1 Coral · ΔE 20.5 Light salmon · ΔE 20.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 4.08, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72F3FA

Analogous#FA72AF, #FABD72

Triadic#72FA79, #7972FA

Split complementary#72FABD, #72AFFA

Tetradic#AFFA72, #72F3FA, #BD72FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDD7D5

Lighter +10%#FCA8A3

Darker −10%#F84A41

Darker −20%#F71B0F

Darker −30%#CC1107

Darker −40%#9B0D05

More saturated +25%#FF756D

Less saturated −25%#E88984

Channel breakdown

R250

G121

B114

Red250 (98%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue3.09°

Saturation (HSL)93.15%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 79 · B 72

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