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Recognised as Colour

#E36D7E

  • #E36D7E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E36D7E is a red with RGB values 227, 109, 126 and HSL 351°, 68%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E36D7E#E36D7E
HEX#E36D7E
RGBrgb(227, 109, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4275, 0.4941
RGB percentages89%, 42.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(351.4, 67.8%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 52%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 52%, 44.5%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,904,702
CSS custom property--colour: #E36D7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#1C9281

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85847Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39B7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F55E73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 10Indian red · ΔE 12.1Pale violetred · ΔE 12.4Salmon · ΔE 17.8Dark salmon · ΔE 26.1Hot pink · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DE3D2
Analogous#E36DB9, #E3976D
Triadic#7EE36D, #6D7EE3
Split complementary#6DE397, #6DB9E3
Tetradic#B9E36D, #6DE3D2, #976DE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEDEF
Lighter +20%#F3C3CA
Lighter +10%#EB98A4
Darker −10%#DB4258
Darker −20%#C4263D
Darker −30%#9A1D2F
Darker −40%#6F1522
More saturated +25%#F9576F
Less saturated −25%#CD838D

Channel breakdown

R227
G109
B126
Red227 (89%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue351.36°
Saturation (HSL)67.82%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 6D · B 7E

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