Recognised as Colour

#FF744A

#FF744A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#FF744A is a red with RGB values 255, 116, 74 and HSL 14°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF744A#FF744A

HEX#FF744A

RGBrgb(255, 116, 74)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.4549, 0.2902

RGB percentages100%, 45.5%, 29%

HSLhsl(13.9, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.9, 71%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 54.5%, 71%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,741,450

CSS custom property--colour: #FF744A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#008BB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8B45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCAA46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF576Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 5.5 Tomato · ΔE 8.3 Chocolate · ΔE 18.3 Salmon · ΔE 19.8 Light salmon · ΔE 25.1 Orange red · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4AD5FF

Analogous#FF4A7B, #FFCF4A

Triadic#4AFF74, #744AFF

Split complementary#4AFFCF, #4A7BFF

Tetradic#7AFF4A, #4AD5FF, #CF4AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFE9E3

Lighter +20%#FFC2B0

Lighter +10%#FF9B7D

Darker −10%#FF4D17

Darker −20%#E33500

Darker −30%#B02900

Darker −40%#7D1D00

More saturated +25%#FF744A

Less saturated −25%#E88061

Channel breakdown

R255

G116

B74

Red255 (100%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue13.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 74 · B 4A

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