Recognised as Colour

#E37470

#E37470
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E37470 is a red with RGB values 227, 116, 112 and HSL 2°, 67%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E37470#E37470

HEX#E37470

RGBrgb(227, 116, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4549, 0.4392

RGB percentages89%, 45.5%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(2.1, 67.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.1, 50.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 48.9%, 50.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,906,480

CSS custom property--colour: #E37470;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#1C8B8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D876Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99E6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F66474no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.2 Indian red · ΔE 8.5 Salmon · ΔE 9.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5 Light salmon · ΔE 21.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70DFE3

Analogous#E370A6, #E3AD70

Triadic#70E374, #7470E3

Split complementary#70E3AD, #70A6E3

Tetradic#A5E370, #70DFE3, #AD70E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF0F0

Lighter +20%#F4C7C5

Lighter +10%#EB9D9B

Darker −10%#DB4B45

Darker −20%#C62C27

Darker −30%#9C231E

Darker −40%#711916

More saturated +25%#F8605B

Less saturated −25%#CE8885

Channel breakdown

R227

G116

B112

Red227 (89%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue2.09°

Saturation (HSL)67.25%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 74 · B 70

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