Colour

#FF7251

#FF7251
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF7251 is a red with RGB values 255, 114, 81 and HSL 11°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#FF7251#FF7251

HEX#FF7251

RGBrgb(255, 114, 81)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4471, 0.3176

RGB percentages100%, 44.7%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(11.4, 100%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.4, 68.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 55.3%, 68.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,740,945

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7251;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#008DAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#988A4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAA94Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FF556Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 7.1 Coral · ΔE 7.5 Salmon · ΔE 16.6 Chocolate · ΔE 21.2 Light salmon · ΔE 24.4 Indian red · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51DEFF

Analogous#FF5187, #FFC951

Triadic#51FF72, #7251FF

Split complementary#51FFC9, #5187FF

Tetradic#87FF51, #51DEFF, #C951FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFEEEA

Lighter +20%#FFC5B7

Lighter +10%#FF9B84

Darker −10%#FF491E

Darker −20%#EA2C00

Darker −30%#B72300

Darker −40%#841900

More saturated +25%#FF7251

Less saturated −25%#E98067

Channel breakdown

R255

G114

B81

Red255 (100%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue11.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 72 · B 51

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