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Recognised as Colour

#E1696C

  • #E1696C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#E1696C is a red with RGB values 225, 105, 108 and HSL 359°, 67%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E1696C#E1696C
HEX#E1696C
RGBrgb(225, 105, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4118, 0.4235
RGB percentages88.2%, 41.2%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(358.5, 66.7%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.5, 53.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 53.3%, 52%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,772,588
CSS custom property--colour: #E1696C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#1E9693

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#847F6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39869no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F4576Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.2Light coral · ΔE 8.3Salmon · ΔE 11.5Pale violetred · ΔE 20.8Dark salmon · ΔE 22.6Brown · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E1DE
Analogous#E169A8, #E1A269
Triadic#6CE169, #696CE1
Split complementary#69E1A2, #69A8E1
Tetradic#A8E169, #69E1DE, #A269E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBE9E9
Lighter +20%#F2BEBF
Lighter +10%#EA9496
Darker −10%#D83E42
Darker −20%#BE262A
Darker −30%#931E20
Darker −40%#691517
More saturated +25%#F75257
Less saturated −25%#CA7F81

Channel breakdown

R225
G105
B108
Red225 (88.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue358.5°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 69 · B 6C

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