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Recognised as Colour

#E28986

  • #E28986
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E28986 is a red with RGB values 226, 137, 134 and HSL 2°, 61%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E28986#E28986
HEX#E28986
RGBrgb(226, 137, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5373, 0.5255
RGB percentages88.6%, 53.7%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(2, 61.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2, 40.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.4%, 40.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,846,342
CSS custom property--colour: #E28986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#1D7679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C9785no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1A885no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F37E89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.8Dark salmon · ΔE 13.2Salmon · ΔE 17.4Indian red · ΔE 18.1Light pink · ΔE 19.3Rosy brown · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86DFE2
Analogous#E286B1, #E2B786
Triadic#86E289, #8986E2
Split complementary#86E2B7, #86B1E2
Tetradic#B1E286, #86DFE2, #B786E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6D9D8
Lighter +10%#ECB1AF
Darker −10%#D8615D
Darker −20%#CE3934
Darker −30%#A72C28
Darker −40%#7E211E
More saturated +25%#F57773
Less saturated −25%#CF9B99

Channel breakdown

R226
G137
B134
Red226 (88.6%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue1.96°
Saturation (HSL)61.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 89 · B 86

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