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Recognised as Colour

#E2756F

  • #E2756F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E2756F is a red with RGB values 226, 117, 111 and HSL 3°, 66%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E2756F#E2756F
HEX#E2756F
RGBrgb(226, 117, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4588, 0.4353
RGB percentages88.6%, 45.9%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(3.1, 66.5%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.1, 50.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 48.2%, 50.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,841,199
CSS custom property--colour: #E2756F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#1D8A90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E876Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99E6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F56574no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.6Indian red · ΔE 8.9Salmon · ΔE 9.1Dark salmon · ΔE 16.5Light salmon · ΔE 20.3Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FDCE2
Analogous#E26FA3, #E2AF6F
Triadic#6FE275, #756FE2
Split complementary#6FE2AF, #6FA2E2
Tetradic#A3E26F, #6FDCE2, #AF6FE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEFEE
Lighter +20%#F3C6C4
Lighter +10%#EB9E99
Darker −10%#D94C45
Darker −20%#C43027
Darker −30%#99251F
Darker −40%#6F1B16
More saturated +25%#F86259
Less saturated −25%#CC8885

Channel breakdown

R226
G117
B111
Red226 (88.6%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue3.13°
Saturation (HSL)66.47%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 75 · B 6F

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