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Recognised as Colour

#E2837F

  • #E2837F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E2837F is a red with RGB values 226, 131, 127 and HSL 2°, 63%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E2837F#E2837F
HEX#E2837F
RGBrgb(226, 131, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5137, 0.498
RGB percentages88.6%, 51.4%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(2.4, 63.1%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.4, 43.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 42%, 43.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,844,799
CSS custom property--colour: #E2837F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#1D7C80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97927Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA57Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F37782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.1Dark salmon · ΔE 13.3Salmon · ΔE 14.5Indian red · ΔE 15.1Light salmon · ΔE 19.7Pale violetred · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FDEE2
Analogous#E27FAC, #E2B57F
Triadic#7FE283, #837FE2
Split complementary#7FE2B4, #7FADE2
Tetradic#ACE27F, #7FDEE2, #B57FE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCFC
Lighter +20%#F5D4D2
Lighter +10%#EBABA9
Darker −10%#D95B55
Darker −20%#CD352E
Darker −30%#A32A25
Darker −40%#791F1C
More saturated +25%#F6716B
Less saturated −25%#CE9593

Channel breakdown

R226
G131
B127
Red226 (88.6%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue2.42°
Saturation (HSL)63.06%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 83 · B 7F

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