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Recognised as Colour

#FF747E

  • #FF747E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF747E is a red with RGB values 255, 116, 126 and HSL 356°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF747E#FF747E
HEX#FF747E
RGBrgb(255, 116, 126)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.4549, 0.4941
RGB percentages100%, 45.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(355.7, 100%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 54.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 54.5%, 50.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,741,502
CSS custom property--colour: #FF747E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#008B81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938E7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AB7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FF5F78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11Salmon · ΔE 12Indian red · ΔE 15.5Pale violetred · ΔE 22.6Tomato · ΔE 26.3Dark salmon · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74FFF5
Analogous#FF74C4, #FFAF74
Triadic#7EFF74, #747EFF
Split complementary#74FFAF, #74C4FF
Tetradic#C4FF74, #74FFF5, #AF74FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDADD
Lighter +10%#FFA7AD
Darker −10%#FF414F
Darker −20%#FF0E1F
Darker −30%#DA0010
Darker −40%#A7000C
More saturated +25%#FF747E
Less saturated −25%#EE858D

Channel breakdown

R255
G116
B126
Red255 (100%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue355.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 74 · B 7E

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