Colour

#FF6347

#FF6347
Red
Dark
Named: Tomato

#FF6347 is the CSS colour red with RGB values 255, 99, 71 and HSL 9°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF6347#FF6347

HEX#FF6347

RGBrgb(255, 99, 71)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.3882, 0.2784

RGB percentages100%, 38.8%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(9.1, 100%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 72.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 72.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,737,095

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6347;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#009CB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E8143no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A342no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF3D5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 0 Coral · ΔE 13.5 Salmon · ΔE 22 Crimson · ΔE 23.8 Chocolate · ΔE 24 Firebrick · ΔE 24.8

This is a named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)exact match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usabletomato

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47E3FF

Analogous#FF4787, #FFBF47

Triadic#47FF63, #6347FF

Split complementary#47FFBF, #4787FF

Tetradic#87FF47, #47E3FF, #BF47FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE5E0

Lighter +20%#FFB9AD

Lighter +10%#FF8E7A

Darker −10%#FF3814

Darker −20%#E02200

Darker −30%#AD1A00

Darker −40%#7A1300

More saturated +25%#FF6347

Less saturated −25%#E8735E

Channel breakdown

R255

G99

B71

Red255 (100%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue9.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 63 · B 47

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