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Recognised as Colour

#FF8D70

  • #FF8D70
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#FF8D70 is a red with RGB values 255, 141, 112 and HSL 12°, 100%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#FF8D70#FF8D70
HEX#FF8D70
RGBrgb(255, 141, 112)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.5529, 0.4392
RGB percentages100%, 55.3%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(12.2, 100%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.2, 56.1%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 44.7%, 56.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,747,888
CSS custom property--colour: #FF8D70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#00728F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9E6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B66Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7A86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.9Light salmon · ΔE 9.9Dark salmon · ΔE 14Coral · ΔE 14.2Light coral · ΔE 15.8Sandy brown · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70E2FF
Analogous#FF709B, #FFD470
Triadic#70FF8D, #8D70FF
Split complementary#70FFD4, #709BFF
Tetradic#9AFF70, #70E2FF, #D470FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFDED6
Lighter +10%#FFB6A3
Darker −10%#FF643D
Darker −20%#FF3C0A
Darker −30%#D62B00
Darker −40%#A32100
More saturated +25%#FF8D70
Less saturated −25%#ED9882

Channel breakdown

R255
G141
B112
Red255 (100%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue12.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 8D · B 70

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