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Recognised as Colour

#E3786A

  • #E3786A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E3786A is a red with RGB values 227, 120, 106 and HSL 7°, 68%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E3786A#E3786A
HEX#E3786A
RGBrgb(227, 120, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4706, 0.4157
RGB percentages89%, 47.1%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(6.9, 68.4%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6.9, 53.3%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 47.1%, 53.3%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,907,498
CSS custom property--colour: #E3786A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#1C8795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918968no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9F68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F66775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.6Light coral · ΔE 8.4Indian red · ΔE 11Dark salmon · ΔE 14.1Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Coral · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AD5E3
Analogous#E36A99, #E3B46A
Triadic#6AE378, #786AE3
Split complementary#6AE3B5, #6A98E3
Tetradic#98E36A, #6AD5E3, #B56AE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEDEB
Lighter +20%#F3C6C0
Lighter +10%#EB9F95
Darker −10%#DB513F
Darker −20%#C23725
Darker −30%#982B1C
Darker −40%#6D1F14
More saturated +25%#F96754
Less saturated −25%#CD8980

Channel breakdown

R227
G120
B106
Red227 (89%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue6.94°
Saturation (HSL)68.36%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 78 · B 6A

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