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Recognised as Colour

#E38384

  • #E38384
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E38384 is a red with RGB values 227, 131, 132 and HSL 359°, 63%, 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

#E38384#E38384
HEX#E38384
RGBrgb(227, 131, 132)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5137, 0.5176
RGB percentages89%, 51.4%, 51.8%
HSLhsl(359.4, 63.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.4, 42.3%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 42.3%, 41.9%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,910,340
CSS custom property--colour: #E38384;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#1C7C7B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979283no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA582no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F47784no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.2Indian red · ΔE 15.6Dark salmon · ΔE 15.6Salmon · ΔE 16Pale violetred · ΔE 18.1Light pink · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83E3E2
Analogous#E383B4, #E3B283
Triadic#84E383, #8384E3
Split complementary#83E3B2, #83B4E3
Tetradic#B4E383, #83E3E2, #B283E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6D6D7
Lighter +10%#ECADAD
Darker −10%#DA595B
Darker −20%#D03031
Darker −30%#A72627
Darker −40%#7E1C1D
More saturated +25%#F67071
Less saturated −25%#D09697

Channel breakdown

R227
G131
B132
Red227 (89%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue132 (51.8%)
Hue359.38°
Saturation (HSL)63.16%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 83 · B 84

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