Recognised as Colour

#E27779

#E27779
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E27779 is a red with RGB values 226, 119, 121 and HSL 359°, 65%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#E27779

RGBrgb(226, 119, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4667, 0.4745

RGB percentages88.6%, 46.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(358.9, 64.8%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.9, 47.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 47.3%, 46.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,841,721

CSS custom property--colour: #E27779;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#1D8886

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E8978no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99F77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F46978no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 4.4 Indian red · ΔE 10.4 Salmon · ΔE 12.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 18 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.3 Light salmon · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 4.37, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#77E2E0

Analogous#E277AF, #E2AB77

Triadic#79E277, #7779E2

Split complementary#77E2AB, #77AFE2

Tetradic#AFE277, #77E2E0, #AB77E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF5F5

Lighter +20%#F4CBCC

Lighter +10%#EBA1A2

Darker −10%#D94D50

Darker −20%#C82B2E

Darker −30%#9E2224

Darker −40%#74191A

More saturated +25%#F76265

Less saturated −25%#CD8C8D

Channel breakdown

R226

G119

B121

Red226 (88.6%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue358.88°

Saturation (HSL)64.85%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 77 · B 79

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