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Recognised as Colour

#E37166

  • #E37166
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E37166 is a red with RGB values 227, 113, 102 and HSL 5°, 69%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E37166#E37166
HEX#E37166
RGBrgb(227, 113, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4431, 0.4
RGB percentages89%, 44.3%, 40%
HSLhsl(5.3, 69.1%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 55.1%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 50.2%, 55.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,905,702
CSS custom property--colour: #E37166;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#1C8E99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8465no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89C64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F75E6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.1Indian red · ΔE 9Light coral · ΔE 9Dark salmon · ΔE 17.6Light salmon · ΔE 19.8Coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66D8E3
Analogous#E3669A, #E3AF66
Triadic#66E371, #7166E3
Split complementary#66E3AF, #669AE3
Tetradic#9AE366, #66D8E3, #AF66E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBE9E7
Lighter +20%#F3C1BC
Lighter +10%#EB9991
Darker −10%#DB493B
Darker −20%#C03123
Darker −30%#95261B
Darker −40%#6A1B13
More saturated +25%#FA5E4F
Less saturated −25%#CC847D

Channel breakdown

R227
G113
B102
Red227 (89%)
Green113 (44.3%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue5.28°
Saturation (HSL)69.06%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 71 · B 66

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