Colour

#FF7259

#FF7259
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#FF7259 is a red with RGB values 255, 114, 89 and HSL 9°, 100%, 67%. 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

#FF7259#FF7259

HEX#FF7259

RGBrgb(255, 114, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4471, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 44.7%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(9, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 55.3%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,740,953

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#008DA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978B56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAA956no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Tritanopia#FF566Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 9 Coral · ΔE 10.3 Salmon · ΔE 13.1 Light coral · ΔE 22.5 Indian red · ΔE 22.5 Light salmon · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#59E6FF

Analogous#FF5993, #FFC559

Triadic#59FF72, #7259FF

Split complementary#59FFC5, #5993FF

Tetradic#93FF59, #59E6FF, #C559FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF4F2

Lighter +20%#FFC9BF

Lighter +10%#FF9D8C

Darker −10%#FF4726

Darker −20%#F22400

Darker −30%#BF1D00

Darker −40%#8C1500

More saturated +25%#FF7259

Less saturated −25%#EA816E

Channel breakdown

R255

G114

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue9.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 72 · B 59

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