Recognised as Colour

#E36950

#E36950
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E36950 is a red with RGB values 227, 105, 80 and HSL 10°, 72%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E36950#E36950

HEX#E36950

RGBrgb(227, 105, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4118, 0.3137

RGB percentages89%, 41.2%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(10.2, 72.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 64.8%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 53.7%, 64.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,903,632

CSS custom property--colour: #E36950;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#1C96AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#897E4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7984Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F85163no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 11.3 Coral · ΔE 13.6 Indian red · ΔE 15.7 Tomato · ΔE 15.9 Light coral · ΔE 18.8 Light salmon · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#50CAE3

Analogous#E35080, #E3B350

Triadic#50E369, #6950E3

Split complementary#50E3B2, #5081E3

Tetradic#80E350, #50CAE3, #B250E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8DAD4

Lighter +20%#F1B4A8

Lighter +10%#EA8F7C

Darker −10%#DC4324

Darker −20%#B1361C

Darker −30%#852815

Darker −40%#591B0E

More saturated +25%#FC5837

Less saturated −25%#CA7A69

Channel breakdown

R227

G105

B80

Red227 (89%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue10.2°

Saturation (HSL)72.41%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 69 · B 50

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