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Recognised as Colour

#FD7A79

  • #FD7A79
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FD7A79 is a red with RGB values 253, 122, 121 and HSL 0°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FD7A79#FD7A79
HEX#FD7A79
RGBrgb(253, 122, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.4784, 0.4745
RGB percentages99.2%, 47.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(0.5, 97.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 52.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 51.8%, 52.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,611,961
CSS custom property--colour: #FD7A79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.24:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#028586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989178no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9AC76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF667Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 6.5Light coral · ΔE 8.6Indian red · ΔE 14.4Dark salmon · ΔE 22.1Light salmon · ΔE 22.4Coral · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FCFD
Analogous#FD79BA, #FDBC79
Triadic#79FD7A, #7A79FD
Split complementary#79FDBC, #79BAFD
Tetradic#BAFD79, #79FCFD, #BC79FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDEDE
Lighter +10%#FEACAB
Darker −10%#FC4847
Darker −20%#FC1615
Darker −30%#DA0503
Darker −40%#A80402
More saturated +25%#FF7877
Less saturated −25%#EC8B8A

Channel breakdown

R253
G122
B121
Red253 (99.2%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue0.45°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G 7A · B 79

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