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Recognised as Colour

#E27B64

  • #E27B64
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E27B64 is a red with RGB values 226, 123, 100 and HSL 11°, 68%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E27B64#E27B64
HEX#E27B64
RGBrgb(226, 123, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4824, 0.3922
RGB percentages88.6%, 48.2%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(11, 68.5%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11, 55.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 45.6%, 55.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,842,724
CSS custom property--colour: #E27B64;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#1D849B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948A62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA062no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F56A75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.9Dark salmon · ΔE 12.2Light coral · ΔE 12.4Light salmon · ΔE 14.1Indian red · ΔE 14.3Coral · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64CBE2
Analogous#E2648C, #E2BA64
Triadic#64E27B, #7B64E2
Split complementary#64E2BA, #648CE2
Tetradic#8CE264, #64CBE2, #BA64E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE9E5
Lighter +20%#F2C4BA
Lighter +10%#EAA08F
Darker −10%#DA5639
Darker −20%#BD3F23
Darker −30%#92311B
Darker −40%#672213
More saturated +25%#F96C4D
Less saturated −25%#CB8A7B

Channel breakdown

R226
G123
B100
Red226 (88.6%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue10.95°
Saturation (HSL)68.48%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 7B · B 64

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