Recognised as Colour

#E06951

#E06951
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E06951 is a red with RGB values 224, 105, 81 and HSL 10°, 70%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E06951#E06951

HEX#E06951

RGBrgb(224, 105, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.4118, 0.3176

RGB percentages87.8%, 41.2%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(10.1, 69.8%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.1, 63.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 53.1%, 63.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,707,025

CSS custom property--colour: #E06951;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#1F96AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887D4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5974Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F55264no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 10.9 Indian red · ΔE 14.4 Coral · ΔE 14.8 Tomato · ΔE 17.5 Light coral · ΔE 17.8 Light salmon · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51C8E0

Analogous#E05180, #E0B151

Triadic#51E069, #6951E0

Split complementary#51E0B0, #5181E0

Tetradic#81E051, #51C8E0, #B051E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFE

Lighter +30%#F7D9D3

Lighter +20%#EFB4A8

Lighter +10%#E88E7C

Darker −10%#D84426

Darker −20%#AC361F

Darker −30%#812917

Darker −40%#561B0F

More saturated +25%#FA5837

Less saturated −25%#C67A6B

Channel breakdown

R224

G105

B81

Red224 (87.8%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue10.07°

Saturation (HSL)69.76%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 69 · B 51

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