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Recognised as Colour

#E27569

  • #E27569
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E27569 is a red with RGB values 226, 117, 105 and HSL 6°, 68%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E27569#E27569
HEX#E27569
RGBrgb(226, 117, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4588, 0.4118
RGB percentages88.6%, 45.9%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(6, 67.6%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6, 53.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 48.2%, 53.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,841,193
CSS custom property--colour: #E27569;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#1D8A96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8768no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9D67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F56472no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.6Light coral · ΔE 8.1Indian red · ΔE 9.8Dark salmon · ΔE 15.5Light salmon · ΔE 18.4Coral · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69D6E2
Analogous#E26999, #E2B269
Triadic#69E275, #7569E2
Split complementary#69E2B1, #699AE2
Tetradic#99E269, #69D6E2, #B169E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEBE9
Lighter +20%#F3C4BE
Lighter +10%#EA9C94
Darker −10%#DA4E3E
Darker −20%#C03425
Darker −30%#95291D
Darker −40%#6A1D15
More saturated +25%#F86353
Less saturated −25%#CC877F

Channel breakdown

R226
G117
B105
Red226 (88.6%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue5.95°
Saturation (HSL)67.6%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 75 · B 69

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