Recognised as Colour

#FF6D64

#FF6D64
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#FF6D64 is a red with RGB values 255, 109, 100 and HSL 3°, 100%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FF6D64#FF6D64

HEX#FF6D64

RGBrgb(255, 109, 100)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4275, 0.3922

RGB percentages100%, 42.7%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(3.5, 100%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.5, 60.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 57.3%, 60.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,739,684

CSS custom property--colour: #FF6D64;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#00929B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928862no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A760no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FF516Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 11 Tomato · ΔE 13.7 Coral · ΔE 17.6 Light coral · ΔE 18.3 Indian red · ΔE 18.5 Crimson · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#64F6FF

Analogous#FF64A8, #FFBB64

Triadic#64FF6D, #6D64FF

Split complementary#64FFBB, #64A8FF

Tetradic#A8FF64, #64F6FF, #BB64FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDFD

Lighter +20%#FFCDCA

Lighter +10%#FF9D97

Darker −10%#FF3D31

Darker −20%#FD0F00

Darker −30%#CA0C00

Darker −40%#970900

More saturated +25%#FF6D64

Less saturated −25%#EC7E77

Channel breakdown

R255

G109

B100

Red255 (100%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue3.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 6D · B 64

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