HEX atlas value

#FF7F50

#FF7F50 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Coral. RGB 255, 127, 80, HSL 16° 100% 66%, luminance 0.3702; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#FF7F50 Sample readable text

HEX #FF7F50

RGB rgb(255, 127, 80)

HSL hsl(16 100% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 50, 69, 0)

Luminance 0.3702

Contrast Black 8.4:1White 2.5:1

CSS

--color-ff7f50: #FF7F50;
.background-ff7f50 { background-color: #FF7F50; }
.text-ff7f50 { color: #FF7F50; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FF7F50

#FF7F50 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #FF7F50 is visually closest to Coral, a named orange color with HEX #FF7F50.

The RGB channels are 255, 127, and 80, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 16deg with 100% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3702, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.4:1AA Pass

White text2.5:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FF7F50 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.4:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.5:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FFD752#FFD752 · #000000 text · best 15.09:1 #FFC3AD#FFC3AD · #000000 text · best 13.66:1 #52D1FF#52D1FF · #000000 text · best 11.92:1 #FF8052#FF8052 · #000000 text · best 8.46:1 #EC8965#EC8965 · #000000 text · best 8.33:1

Generated Palette

Coral#FF7F50

#52D1FF#52D1FF

#FF527A#FF527A

#FFD752#FFD752

#FFC3AD#FFC3AD

#F54100#F54100

Color Harmonies

#52D1FF#52D1FF

#FF527A#FF527A

#FFD752#FFD752

#52FF80#52FF80

#8052FF#8052FF

Variants

#FFC3AD#FFC3AD

#F54100#F54100

#FF8052#FF8052

#EC8965#EC8965

#FCDFD5#FCDFD5

#FF9E7A#FF9E7A

Nearest Named Colors

Coral#FF7F50

Burnt Sienna#E97451

Tomato#FF6347

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Terracotta#E2725B

Luminance0.3702

Black text8.4:1AA Pass

White text2.5:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FF7F50","rgb":[255,127,80],"hsl":[16,100,66],"cmyk":[0,50,69,0],"luminance":0.3702,"contrast":{"black":8.4,"white":2.5}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.4,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.5,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FFD752","hex":"#FFD752","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.09,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFC3AD","hex":"#FFC3AD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.66,"contrastWhite":1.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#52D1FF","hex":"#52D1FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.92,"contrastWhite":1.76,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FF8052","hex":"#FF8052","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.46,"contrastWhite":2.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EC8965","hex":"#EC8965","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.33,"contrastWhite":2.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Coral adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ff7f50.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tomato.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#52D1FF","analogous":["#FF527A","#FFD752"],"triadic":["#52FF80","#8052FF"],"tetradic":["#7AFF52","#52D1FF","#D752FF"],"splitComplementary":["#52FFD7","#527AFF"],"monochromatic":["#FFC3AD","#FF7F50","#F54100"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFC3AD","dark":"#F54100","saturated":"#FF8052","desaturated":"#EC8965","pastel":"#FCDFD5","neon":"#FF9E7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"coral","name":"Coral","hex":"#FF7F50","distance":0},{"slug":"burnt-sienna","name":"Burnt Sienna","hex":"#E97451","distance":24.61706725018234},{"slug":"tomato","name":"Tomato","hex":"#FF6347","distance":29.410882339705484},{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":30.215889859476256},{"slug":"terracotta","name":"Terracotta","hex":"#E2725B","distance":33.63034344160047}]

#FF7F50

CSS

About #FF7F50

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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