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Recognised as Colour

#E2786A

  • #E2786A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E2786A is a red with RGB values 226, 120, 106 and HSL 7°, 67%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E2786A#E2786A
HEX#E2786A
RGBrgb(226, 120, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4706, 0.4157
RGB percentages88.6%, 47.1%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(7, 67.4%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7, 53.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 46.9%, 53.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,841,962
CSS custom property--colour: #E2786A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#1D8795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918968no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9F68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F56775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8Light coral · ΔE 8.4Indian red · ΔE 11Dark salmon · ΔE 13.9Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Coral · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AD4E2
Analogous#E26A98, #E2B46A
Triadic#6AE278, #786AE2
Split complementary#6AE2B4, #6A98E2
Tetradic#98E26A, #6AD4E2, #B46AE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBECEA
Lighter +20%#F3C5BF
Lighter +10%#EA9F95
Darker −10%#DA513F
Darker −20%#C13825
Darker −30%#962B1D
Darker −40%#6B1F15
More saturated +25%#F86754
Less saturated −25%#CC8980

Channel breakdown

R226
G120
B106
Red226 (88.6%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue7°
Saturation (HSL)67.42%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 78 · B 6A

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