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Recognised as Colour

#FE8D78

  • #FE8D78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FE8D78 is a red with RGB values 254, 141, 120 and HSL 9°, 99%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FE8D78#FE8D78
HEX#FE8D78
RGBrgb(254, 141, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.5529, 0.4706
RGB percentages99.6%, 55.3%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(9.4, 98.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.4, 52.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 44.5%, 52.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,682,360
CSS custom property--colour: #FE8D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#017287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89E76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B676no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7B88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 5.7Light salmon · ΔE 11Light coral · ΔE 11.7Dark salmon · ΔE 12.8Coral · ΔE 18.2Indian red · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78E9FE
Analogous#FE78A6, #FED078
Triadic#78FE8D, #8D78FE
Split complementary#78FED0, #78A6FE
Tetradic#A6FE78, #78E9FE, #D078FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFE3DD
Lighter +10%#FEB8AB
Darker −10%#FE6245
Darker −20%#FD3813
Darker −30%#DB2402
Darker −40%#A91C01
More saturated +25%#FF8C77
Less saturated −25%#ED9989

Channel breakdown

R254
G141
B120
Red254 (99.6%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue9.4°
Saturation (HSL)98.53%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G 8D · B 78

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