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Recognised as Colour

#E18B96

  • #E18B96
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E18B96 is a red with RGB values 225, 139, 150 and HSL 352°, 59%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E18B96#E18B96
HEX#E18B96
RGBrgb(225, 139, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.5451, 0.5882
RGB percentages88.2%, 54.5%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(352.3, 58.9%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 38.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 38.2%, 33.3%, 11.8%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,781,334
CSS custom property--colour: #E18B96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#1E7469

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#9A9996no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA994no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F0838Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#8BE1D6
Analogous#E18BC1, #E1AB8B
Triadic#96E18B, #8B96E1
Split complementary#8BE1AB, #8BC1E1
Tetradic#C1E18B, #8BE1D6, #AB8BE1

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6DCDF
Lighter +10%#EBB4BB
Darker −10%#D76271
Darker −20%#CC3A4D
Darker −30%#A82B3B
Darker −40%#7F212D
More saturated +25%#F37988
Less saturated −25%#CF9DA4

Channel breakdown

R225
G139
B150
Red225 (88.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue352.33°
Saturation (HSL)58.9%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 8B · B 96

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