Colour

#FF878E

#FF878E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#FF878E is a red with RGB values 255, 135, 142 and HSL 357°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#FF878E#FF878E

HEX#FF878E

RGBrgb(255, 135, 142)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.5294, 0.5569

RGB percentages100%, 52.9%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(356.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 47.1%, 44.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,746,382

CSS custom property--colour: #FF878E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#007871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09C8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEB48Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF788Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.5 Salmon · ΔE 12.3 Indian red · ΔE 17.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8 Light salmon · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87FFF8

Analogous#FF87CA, #FFBC87

Triadic#8EFF87, #878EFF

Split complementary#87FFBC, #87CAFF

Tetradic#CAFF87, #87FFF8, #BC87FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFEDEE

Lighter +10%#FFBABE

Darker −10%#FF545E

Darker −20%#FF212E

Darker −30%#ED000E

Darker −40%#BA000B

More saturated +25%#FF878E

Less saturated −25%#F0969B

Channel breakdown

R255

G135

B142

Red255 (100%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue356.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G 87 · B 8E

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