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Recognised as Colour

#E26759

  • #E26759
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E26759 is a red with RGB values 226, 103, 89 and HSL 6°, 70%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E26759#E26759
HEX#E26759
RGBrgb(226, 103, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4039, 0.349
RGB percentages88.6%, 40.4%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(6.1, 70.3%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6.1, 60.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 54.4%, 60.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,837,593
CSS custom property--colour: #E26759;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#1D98A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#867D57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49756no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F75164no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.1Indian red · ΔE 10.7Light coral · ΔE 14.5Coral · ΔE 18.5Tomato · ΔE 19.1Brown · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59D4E2
Analogous#E25990, #E2AC59
Triadic#59E267, #6759E2
Split complementary#59E2AC, #598FE2
Tetradic#8FE259, #59D4E2, #AC59E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9DEDB
Lighter +20%#F1B7B0
Lighter +10%#EA8F84
Darker −10%#DA3F2E
Darker −20%#B52F20
Darker −30%#8A2418
Darker −40%#5E1811
More saturated +25%#FA5441
Less saturated −25%#CA7A71

Channel breakdown

R226
G103
B89
Red226 (88.6%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue6.13°
Saturation (HSL)70.26%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 67 · B 59

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