Recognised as Colour

#FC8D73

#FC8D73
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#FC8D73 is a red with RGB values 252, 141, 115 and HSL 11°, 96%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FC8D73#FC8D73

HEX#FC8D73

RGBrgb(252, 141, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.5529, 0.451

RGB percentages98.8%, 55.3%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(11.4, 95.8%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.4, 54.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 44%, 54.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,551,283

CSS custom property--colour: #FC8D73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#03728C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89D71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3B571no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF7B87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.2 Light salmon · ΔE 9.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.3 Light coral · ΔE 13.8 Coral · ΔE 16.5 Indian red · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73E2FC

Analogous#FC739D, #FCD273

Triadic#73FC8D, #8D73FC

Split complementary#73FCD2, #739DFC

Tetradic#9DFC73, #73E2FC, #D273FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEDED7

Lighter +10%#FDB6A5

Darker −10%#FB6441

Darker −20%#FA3C0F

Darker −30%#D22B04

Darker −40%#A02103

More saturated +25%#FF8B70

Less saturated −25%#EA9885

Channel breakdown

R252

G141

B115

Red252 (98.8%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue11.39°

Saturation (HSL)95.8%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G 8D · B 73

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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