Colour

#FF6851

#FF6851
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF6851 is a red with RGB values 255, 104, 81 and HSL 8°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF6851#FF6851

HEX#FF6851

RGBrgb(255, 104, 81)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4078, 0.3176

RGB percentages100%, 40.8%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(7.9, 100%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.9, 68.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 59.2%, 68.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,738,385

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6851;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#0097AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91844Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A54Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF4763no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 4.7 Coral · ΔE 12.7 Salmon · ΔE 17.5 Crimson · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 24.5 Indian red · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 4.66, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51E8FF

Analogous#FF5191, #FFBF51

Triadic#51FF68, #6851FF

Split complementary#51FFBF, #5191FF

Tetradic#91FF51, #51E8FF, #BF51FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFEDEA

Lighter +20%#FFC1B7

Lighter +10%#FF9484

Darker −10%#FF3C1E

Darker −20%#EA1F00

Darker −30%#B71800

Darker −40%#841100

More saturated +25%#FF6851

Less saturated −25%#E97867

Channel breakdown

R255

G104

B81

Red255 (100%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue7.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 68 · B 51

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