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Recognised as Colour

#E37C68

  • #E37C68
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E37C68 is a red with RGB values 227, 124, 104 and HSL 10°, 69%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E37C68#E37C68
HEX#E37C68
RGBrgb(227, 124, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4863, 0.4078
RGB percentages89%, 48.6%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(9.8, 68.7%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.8, 54.2%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 45.4%, 54.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,908,520
CSS custom property--colour: #E37C68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#1C8397

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#958B66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA166no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#F66B77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.4Light coral · ΔE 10.8Dark salmon · ΔE 11.8Indian red · ΔE 13.6Light salmon · ΔE 14.5Coral · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68CFE3
Analogous#E36892, #E3B968
Triadic#68E37C, #7C68E3
Split complementary#68E3B9, #6892E3
Tetradic#92E368, #68CFE3, #B968E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBECE9
Lighter +20%#F3C7BE
Lighter +10%#EBA193
Darker −10%#DB573D
Darker −20%#C13D24
Darker −30%#96301C
Darker −40%#6B2214
More saturated +25%#F96D52
Less saturated −25%#CD8B7E

Channel breakdown

R227
G124
B104
Red227 (89%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue9.76°
Saturation (HSL)68.72%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 7C · B 68

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