Recognised as Colour

#E46651

#E46651
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E46651 is a red with RGB values 228, 102, 81 and HSL 9°, 73%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E46651

RGBrgb(228, 102, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.4, 0.3176

RGB percentages89.4%, 40%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(8.6, 73.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 64.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 55.3%, 64.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,968,401

CSS custom property--colour: #E46651;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#1B99AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#877C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6974Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F94D61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 11.2 Coral · ΔE 14.8 Indian red · ΔE 14.8 Tomato · ΔE 15.3 Light coral · ΔE 18.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51CFE4

Analogous#E45186, #E4AF51

Triadic#51E466, #6651E4

Split complementary#51E4B0, #5186E4

Tetradic#86E451, #51CFE4, #AF51E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9DAD5

Lighter +20%#F2B4A9

Lighter +10%#EB8D7D

Darker −10%#DD3F25

Darker −20%#B3311C

Darker −30%#872515

Darker −40%#5B190E

More saturated +25%#FD5438

Less saturated −25%#CB786A

Channel breakdown

R228

G102

B81

Red228 (89.4%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue8.57°

Saturation (HSL)73.13%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 66 · B 51

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