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Recognised as Colour

#E17968

  • #E17968
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E17968 is a red with RGB values 225, 121, 104 and HSL 8°, 67%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E17968#E17968
HEX#E17968
RGBrgb(225, 121, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4745, 0.4078
RGB percentages88.2%, 47.5%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(8.4, 66.9%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.4, 53.8%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 46.2%, 53.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,776,680
CSS custom property--colour: #E17968;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#1E8697

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928966no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9F66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#F46875no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.4Light coral · ΔE 9.7Indian red · ΔE 12Dark salmon · ΔE 13Light salmon · ΔE 16Coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68D0E1
Analogous#E16893, #E1B668
Triadic#68E179, #7968E1
Split complementary#68E1B6, #6893E1
Tetradic#93E168, #68D0E1, #B668E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEAE8
Lighter +20%#F2C5BD
Lighter +10%#E99F93
Darker −10%#D9533D
Darker −20%#BD3B26
Darker −30%#932E1D
Darker −40%#682015
More saturated +25%#F86951
Less saturated −25%#CA897F

Channel breakdown

R225
G121
B104
Red225 (88.2%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue8.43°
Saturation (HSL)66.85%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 79 · B 68

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