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Recognised as Colour

#E1898A

  • #E1898A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E1898A is a red with RGB values 225, 137, 138 and HSL 359°, 59%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E1898A#E1898A
HEX#E1898A
RGBrgb(225, 137, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.5373, 0.5412
RGB percentages88.2%, 53.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(359.3, 59.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 39.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 39.1%, 38.7%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,780,810
CSS custom property--colour: #E1898A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#1E7675

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B978Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A888no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F17F8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 10.8Dark salmon · ΔE 15.3Light pink · ΔE 18.1Rosy brown · ΔE 18.4Pale violetred · ΔE 18.8Indian red · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89E1E0
Analogous#E189B6, #E1B489
Triadic#8AE189, #898AE1
Split complementary#89E1B4, #89B6E1
Tetradic#B6E189, #89E1E0, #B489E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6DADB
Lighter +10%#EBB2B2
Darker −10%#D76062
Darker −20%#CC3839
Darker −30%#A72A2C
Darker −40%#7E2021
More saturated +25%#F37678
Less saturated −25%#CE9B9C

Channel breakdown

R225
G137
B138
Red225 (88.2%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue359.32°
Saturation (HSL)59.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 89 · B 8A

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