Colour

#E18E88

#E18E88
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#E18E88 is a red with RGB values 225, 142, 136 and HSL 4°, 60%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E18E88

RGBrgb(225, 142, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.5569, 0.5333

RGB percentages88.2%, 55.7%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(4, 59.7%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4, 39.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 36.9%, 39.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,782,088

CSS custom property--colour: #E18E88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#1E7177

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9A87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3AA87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F1848Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.8 Light coral · ΔE 12.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.4 Light pink · ΔE 18 Salmon · ΔE 19.2 Light salmon · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88DBE1

Analogous#E188AF, #E1BA88

Triadic#88E18E, #8E88E1

Split complementary#88E1BB, #88AEE1

Tetradic#AEE188, #88DBE1, #BA88E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6DBD9

Lighter +10%#EBB5B1

Darker −10%#D7675F

Darker −20%#CC4137

Darker −30%#A6322A

Darker −40%#7D2620

More saturated +25%#F47E75

Less saturated −25%#CE9E9B

Channel breakdown

R225

G142

B136

Red225 (88.2%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue4.04°

Saturation (HSL)59.73%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 8E · B 88

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