Recognised as Colour

#E27958

#E27958
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E27958 is a red with RGB values 226, 121, 88 and HSL 14°, 70%, 62%. 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

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HEX#E27958

RGBrgb(226, 121, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4745, 0.3451

RGB percentages88.6%, 47.5%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(14.3, 70.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14.3, 61.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 46.5%, 61.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,842,200

CSS custom property--colour: #E27958;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#1D86A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948855no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9F56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F66671no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 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 text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 11.4 Light salmon · ΔE 14.2 Coral · ΔE 14.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 15 Light coral · ΔE 17.8 Indian red · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58C1E2

Analogous#E2587C, #E2BE58

Triadic#58E279, #7958E2

Split complementary#58E2BE, #587CE2

Tetradic#7CE258, #58C1E2, #BE58E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9E2DA

Lighter +20%#F1BFAF

Lighter +10%#EA9C83

Darker −10%#DA562D

Darker −20%#B5431F

Darker −30%#893318

Darker −40%#5E2310

More saturated +25%#FB6C40

Less saturated −25%#CA8671

Channel breakdown

R226

G121

B88

Red226 (88.6%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue14.35°

Saturation (HSL)70.41%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 79 · B 58

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