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Recognised as Colour

#E37887

  • #E37887
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E37887 is a red with RGB values 227, 120, 135 and HSL 352°, 66%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E37887#E37887
HEX#E37887
RGBrgb(227, 120, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4706, 0.5294
RGB percentages89%, 47.1%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(351.6, 65.6%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 47.1%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 47.1%, 40.5%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,907,527
CSS custom property--colour: #E37887;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#1C8778

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8B87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7A085no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F46C7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.3Pale violetred · ΔE 11Indian red · ΔE 14.9Salmon · ΔE 18.9Dark salmon · ΔE 23.4Light pink · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78E3D4
Analogous#E378BD, #E39E78
Triadic#87E378, #7887E3
Split complementary#78E39E, #78BDE3
Tetradic#BDE378, #78E3D4, #9E78E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF7F8
Lighter +20%#F5CCD2
Lighter +10%#ECA2AD
Darker −10%#DA4E61
Darker −20%#CB2A41
Darker −30%#A12133
Darker −40%#761926
More saturated +25%#F76478
Less saturated −25%#CF8C96

Channel breakdown

R227
G120
B135
Red227 (89%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue351.59°
Saturation (HSL)65.64%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 78 · B 87

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