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Recognised as Colour

#E3818B

  • #E3818B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E3818B is a red with RGB values 227, 129, 139 and HSL 354°, 64%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E3818B#E3818B
HEX#E3818B
RGBrgb(227, 129, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5059, 0.5451
RGB percentages89%, 50.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(353.9, 63.6%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.9, 43.2%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 43.2%, 38.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,909,835
CSS custom property--colour: #E3818B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#1C7E74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94928Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F47685no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.3Pale violetred · ΔE 13.6Indian red · ΔE 16.9Salmon · ΔE 19.1Dark salmon · ΔE 20.1Light pink · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81E3D9
Analogous#E381BC, #E3A881
Triadic#8BE381, #818BE3
Split complementary#81E3A8, #81BCE3
Tetradic#BCE381, #81E3D9, #A881E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#F6D4D8
Lighter +10%#ECABB1
Darker −10%#DA5765
Darker −20%#D02E3F
Darker −30%#A62532
Darker −40%#7C1C26
More saturated +25%#F66E7C
Less saturated −25%#D0949A

Channel breakdown

R227
G129
B139
Red227 (89%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue353.88°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 81 · B 8B

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