Colour

#FF7F59

#FF7F59
Red
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#FF7F59 is a red with RGB values 255, 127, 89 and HSL 14°, 100%, 67%. 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

#FF7F59#FF7F59

HEX#FF7F59

RGBrgb(255, 127, 89)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.498, 0.349

RGB percentages100%, 49.8%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(13.7, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.7, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 50.2%, 65.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,744,281

CSS custom property--colour: #FF7F59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#0080A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A19355no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AF56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FF6676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 4.6 Tomato · ΔE 13.5 Salmon · ΔE 13.9 Light salmon · ΔE 18.2 Chocolate · ΔE 19.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 4.57, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#59D9FF

Analogous#FF5986, #FFD259

Triadic#59FF7F, #7F59FF

Split complementary#59FFD2, #5986FF

Tetradic#86FF59, #59D9FF, #D259FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF5F2

Lighter +20%#FFCEBF

Lighter +10%#FFA68C

Darker −10%#FF5826

Darker −20%#F23700

Darker −30%#BF2C00

Darker −40%#8C2000

More saturated +25%#FF7F59

Less saturated −25%#EA8A6E

Channel breakdown

R255

G127

B89

Red255 (100%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue13.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 7F · B 59

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