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Recognised as Colour

#FF6F5A

  • #FF6F5A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tomato

#FF6F5A is a red with RGB values 255, 111, 90 and HSL 8°, 100%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF6F5A#FF6F5A
HEX#FF6F5A
RGBrgb(255, 111, 90)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.4353, 0.3529
RGB percentages100%, 43.5%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(7.6, 100%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 64.7%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 56.5%, 64.7%, 0%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,740,186
CSS custom property--colour: #FF6F5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#0090A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#958957no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8A856no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF526Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#5AEAFF
Analogous#FF5A98, #FFC25A
Triadic#5AFF6F, #6F5AFF
Split complementary#5AFFC1, #5A98FF
Tetradic#98FF5A, #5AEAFF, #C15AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFF5F3
Lighter +20%#FFC8C0
Lighter +10%#FF9C8D
Darker −10%#FF4227
Darker −20%#F31F00
Darker −30%#C01800
Darker −40%#8D1200
More saturated +25%#FF6F5A
Less saturated −25%#EA7E6F

Channel breakdown

R255
G111
B90
Red255 (100%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue7.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 6F · B 5A

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