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Recognised as Colour

#E16857

  • #E16857
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E16857 is a red with RGB values 225, 104, 87 and HSL 7°, 70%, 61%. 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

#E16857#E16857
HEX#E16857
RGBrgb(225, 104, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4078, 0.3412
RGB percentages88.2%, 40.8%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(7.4, 69.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.4, 61.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 53.8%, 61.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,772,311
CSS custom property--colour: #E16857;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#1E97A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59754no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F65264no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.3Indian red · ΔE 11.5Light coral · ΔE 15.1Coral · ΔE 17.5Tomato · ΔE 18.9Dark salmon · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57D0E1
Analogous#E1578B, #E1AD57
Triadic#57E168, #6857E1
Split complementary#57E1AD, #578BE1
Tetradic#8BE157, #57D0E1, #AD57E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8DDD9
Lighter +20%#F0B6AE
Lighter +10%#E98F82
Darker −10%#D9412C
Darker −20%#B23220
Darker −30%#872618
Darker −40%#5C1A10
More saturated +25%#FA553E
Less saturated −25%#C87B70

Channel breakdown

R225
G104
B87
Red225 (88.2%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue7.39°
Saturation (HSL)69.7%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 68 · B 57

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