Recognised as Colour

#E37981

#E37981
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E37981 is a red with RGB values 227, 121, 129 and HSL 355°, 65%, 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

#E37981#E37981

HEX#E37981

RGBrgb(227, 121, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4745, 0.5059

RGB percentages89%, 47.5%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(355.5, 65.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.5, 46.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 46.7%, 43.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,907,777

CSS custom property--colour: #E37981;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#1C867E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F8B81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A17Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F56C7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.2 Indian red · ΔE 12.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 14.7 Salmon · ΔE 15.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.2 Light pink · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79E3DB

Analogous#E379B6, #E3A679

Triadic#81E379, #7981E3

Split complementary#79E3A6, #79B6E3

Tetradic#B6E379, #79E3DB, #A679E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF8F8

Lighter +20%#F5CDD0

Lighter +10%#ECA3A9

Darker −10%#DA4F59

Darker −20%#CB2B37

Darker −30%#A1222B

Darker −40%#771920

More saturated +25%#F76570

Less saturated −25%#CF8D92

Channel breakdown

R227

G121

B129

Red227 (89%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue355.47°

Saturation (HSL)65.43%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 79 · B 81

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