Recognised as Colour

#E26343

#E26343
Red
Dark
Nearest: Coral

#E26343 is a red with RGB values 226, 99, 67 and HSL 12°, 73%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Coral.

Colour values

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HEX#E26343

RGBrgb(226, 99, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.3882, 0.2627

RGB percentages88.6%, 38.8%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(12.1, 73.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.1, 70.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 56.2%, 70.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,836,547

CSS custom property--colour: #E26343;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1

Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#1D9CBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85793Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59540no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F8485Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Coral · ΔE 11.4 Tomato · ΔE 12.2 Salmon · ΔE 16.3 Chocolate · ΔE 18.1 Indian red · ΔE 20.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourCoral (#FF7F50)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43C2E2

Analogous#E24372, #E2B343

Triadic#43E263, #6343E2

Split complementary#43E2B3, #4372E2

Tetradic#72E243, #43C2E2, #B343E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF6F4

Lighter +30%#F6D1C8

Lighter +20%#F0AC9B

Lighter +10%#E9886F

Darker −10%#D24420

Darker −20%#A5361A

Darker −30%#792713

Darker −40%#4D190C

More saturated +25%#FD5328

Less saturated −25%#C7735E

Channel breakdown

R226

G99

B67

Red226 (88.6%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue12.08°

Saturation (HSL)73.27%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 63 · B 43

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