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Recognised as Colour

#E3696A

  • #E3696A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#E3696A is a red with RGB values 227, 105, 106 and HSL 360°, 69%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E3696A#E3696A
HEX#E3696A
RGBrgb(227, 105, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4118, 0.4157
RGB percentages89%, 41.2%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(359.5, 68.5%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.5, 53.7%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 53.7%, 53.3%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,903,658
CSS custom property--colour: #E3696A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#1C9695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#857F69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49967no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F7566Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.6Light coral · ΔE 8.8Salmon · ΔE 10.4Pale violetred · ΔE 22.3Dark salmon · ΔE 22.6Brown · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E3E2
Analogous#E369A7, #E3A569
Triadic#6AE369, #696AE3
Split complementary#69E3A5, #69A7E3
Tetradic#A7E369, #69E3E2, #A569E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEAEA
Lighter +20%#F3BFBF
Lighter +10%#EB9495
Darker −10%#DB3E3F
Darker −20%#C22425
Darker −30%#971C1D
Darker −40%#6C1415
More saturated +25%#F95354
Less saturated −25%#CD7F80

Channel breakdown

R227
G105
B106
Red227 (89%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue359.51°
Saturation (HSL)68.54%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 69 · B 6A

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