What color is #FF7F7F?

#FF7F7F is a light, vivid red known as Light Red. It belongs to the pink family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Light Red?

The RGB value is 255, 127, 127: 255 red, 127 green and 127 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Light Red?

The complementary color is #7FFFFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FF7F7F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.59:1 and white text 2.44:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Light Red color: hex code #FF7F7F

#FF7F7F rgb(255, 127, 127)

Shades of pink

Light Red has the hex code #FF7F7F. It is a light, vivid red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 49.8% green and 49.8% blue (255, 127, 127).

Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 75% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 50% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.59:1).

Light Red (#FF7F7F) color codes

HEX	`#FF7F7F`
RGB	`rgb(255, 127, 127)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 49.8%, 49.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 100%, 75%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 50%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 50%, 50%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(68, 48.59, 22.97)`
CIE LCH	`lch(68, 53.74, 25.3)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(52.664, 37.977, 24.631)`
Decimal	`16744319`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Light Red, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FF7F7F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.44:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FF7F7F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.44:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FF7F7F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ff7f7f; }
.text { color: #ff7f7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff7f7f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 127 127 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff7f7f, #ffbf7f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FF7F7F on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FF7F7F?: #FF7F7F is a light, vivid red known as Light Red. It belongs to the pink family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Light Red?: The RGB value is 255, 127, 127: 255 red, 127 green and 127 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Light Red?: The complementary color is #7FFFFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FF7F7F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.59:1 and white text 2.44:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.