Recognised as Colour

#E16C7C

#E16C7C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E16C7C is a red with RGB values 225, 108, 124 and HSL 352°, 66%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E16C7C#E16C7C

HEX#E16C7C

RGBrgb(225, 108, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4235, 0.4863

RGB percentages88.2%, 42.4%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(351.8, 66.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 52%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 52%, 44.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,773,372

CSS custom property--colour: #E16C7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#1E9383

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#84827Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29A79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F35D72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.8 Indian red · ΔE 11.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 12.8 Salmon · ΔE 17.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 25.8 Brown · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6CE1D1

Analogous#E16CB6, #E1966C

Triadic#7CE16C, #6C7CE1

Split complementary#6CE196, #6CB6E1

Tetradic#B7E16C, #6CE1D1, #976CE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBEBED

Lighter +20%#F2C1C7

Lighter +10%#EA96A2

Darker −10%#D84256

Darker −20%#C0273C

Darker −30%#951F2F

Darker −40%#6B1622

More saturated +25%#F7566C

Less saturated −25%#CB828C

Channel breakdown

R225

G108

B124

Red225 (88.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue351.79°

Saturation (HSL)66.1%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 6C · B 7C

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