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Recognised as Colour

#E28A8E

  • #E28A8E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E28A8E is a red with RGB values 226, 138, 142 and HSL 357°, 60%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E28A8E#E28A8E
HEX#E28A8E
RGBrgb(226, 138, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5412, 0.5569
RGB percentages88.6%, 54.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(357.3, 60.3%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.3, 38.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 38.9%, 37.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,846,606
CSS custom property--colour: #E28A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.26:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#1D7571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B988Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A98Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F2808Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.5Dark salmon · ΔE 16.8Light pink · ΔE 17.1Pale violetred · ΔE 17.6Rosy brown · ΔE 18.2Indian red · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AE2DE
Analogous#E28ABA, #E2B28A
Triadic#8EE28A, #8A8EE2
Split complementary#8AE2B2, #8ABAE2
Tetradic#BAE28A, #8AE2DE, #B28AE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6DCDD
Lighter +10%#ECB3B5
Darker −10%#D86167
Darker −20%#CE383F
Darker −30%#A92A30
Darker −40%#802024
More saturated +25%#F4787D
Less saturated −25%#D09C9F

Channel breakdown

R226
G138
B142
Red226 (88.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue357.27°
Saturation (HSL)60.27%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 8A · B 8E

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