Colour

#FF7F50

#FF7F50
Orange
Dark
Named: Coral

#FF7F50 is the CSS colour orange with RGB values 255, 127, 80 and HSL 16°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

#FF7F50#FF7F50

HEX#FF7F50

RGBrgb(255, 127, 80)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.498, 0.3137

RGB percentages100%, 49.8%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(16.1, 100%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(16.1, 68.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 50.2%, 68.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,744,272

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7F50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#0080AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2924Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1AF4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6574no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 0 Tomato · ΔE 13.5 Chocolate · ΔE 16.8 Salmon · ΔE 18.4 Light salmon · ΔE 20.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.3

This is a named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)exact match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usablecoral

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#50D0FF

Analogous#FF5078, #FFD650

Triadic#50FF7F, #7F50FF

Split complementary#50FFD6, #5079FF

Tetradic#79FF50, #50D0FF, #D650FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFEFE9

Lighter +20%#FFCAB6

Lighter +10%#FFA483

Darker −10%#FF5A1D

Darker −20%#E93F00

Darker −30%#B63100

Darker −40%#832300

More saturated +25%#FF7F50

Less saturated −25%#E98966

Channel breakdown

R255

G127

B80

Red255 (100%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue16.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 7F · B 50

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