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Recognised as Colour

#FF798D

  • #FF798D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#FF798D is a red with RGB values 255, 121, 141 and HSL 351°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF798D#FF798D
HEX#FF798D
RGBrgb(255, 121, 141)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.4745, 0.5529
RGB percentages100%, 47.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(351, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 52.5%, 44.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,742,797
CSS custom property--colour: #FF798D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#008672

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95938Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7AE8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF6881no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.5Pale violetred · ΔE 16.7Salmon · ΔE 16.9Indian red · ΔE 17.9Hot pink · ΔE 27.2Dark salmon · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FFEB
Analogous#FF79D0, #FFA879
Triadic#8DFF79, #798DFF
Split complementary#79FFA8, #79D0FF
Tetradic#D0FF79, #79FFEB, #A879FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDFE4
Lighter +10%#FFACB8
Darker −10%#FF4662
Darker −20%#FF1336
Darker −30%#DF0021
Darker −40%#AC001A
More saturated +25%#FF798D
Less saturated −25%#EE8A99

Channel breakdown

R255
G121
B141
Red255 (100%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue351.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 79 · B 8D

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