Recognised as Colour

#E06355

#E06355
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E06355 is a red with RGB values 224, 99, 85 and HSL 6°, 69%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E06355#E06355

HEX#E06355

RGBrgb(224, 99, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.3882, 0.3333

RGB percentages87.8%, 38.8%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(6, 69.2%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 62.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 55.8%, 62.1%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,705,493

CSS custom property--colour: #E06355;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1

Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#1F9CAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#837953no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29452no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F54B60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 10.5 Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Light coral · ΔE 16 Tomato · ΔE 18.2 Coral · ΔE 18.5 Brown · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55D2E0

Analogous#E0558C, #E0A855

Triadic#55E063, #6355E0

Split complementary#55E0A8, #558DE0

Tetradic#8CE055, #55D2E0, #A855E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8DAD6

Lighter +20%#F0B2AB

Lighter +10%#E88B80

Darker −10%#D83B2A

Darker −20%#AF2E20

Darker −30%#842318

Darker −40%#591810

More saturated +25%#F94F3C

Less saturated −25%#C7776E

Channel breakdown

R224

G99

B85

Red224 (87.8%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue6.04°

Saturation (HSL)69.15%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 63 · B 55

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