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Recognised as Colour

#E39481

  • #E39481
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E39481 is a red with RGB values 227, 148, 129 and HSL 12°, 64%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E39481#E39481
HEX#E39481
RGBrgb(227, 148, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5804, 0.5059
RGB percentages89%, 58%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(11.6, 63.6%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.6, 43.2%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 34.8%, 43.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,914,689
CSS custom property--colour: #E39481;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.82:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#1C6B7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69E7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9AE80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#F4888Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 5.5Light salmon · ΔE 14.1Light coral · ΔE 15.7Salmon · ΔE 18.9Rosy brown · ΔE 19.7Light pink · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 5.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D0E3
Analogous#E3819F, #E3C581
Triadic#81E394, #9481E3
Split complementary#81E3C5, #819FE3
Tetradic#9FE381, #81D0E3, #C581E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#F6DBD4
Lighter +10%#ECB7AB
Darker −10%#DA7157
Darker −20%#D04E2E
Darker −30%#A63E25
Darker −40%#7C2E1C
More saturated +25%#F6886E
Less saturated −25%#D0A094

Channel breakdown

R227
G148
B129
Red227 (89%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue11.63°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 94 · B 81

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