Recognised as Colour

#E46F6E

#E46F6E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E46F6E is a red with RGB values 228, 111, 110 and HSL 1°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#E46F6E

RGBrgb(228, 111, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.4353, 0.4314

RGB percentages89.4%, 43.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(0.5, 68.6%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 51.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 51.3%, 51.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,970,734

CSS custom property--colour: #E46F6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#1B9091

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A846Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79C6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Tritanopia#F75D70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.5 Indian red · ΔE 7.4 Salmon · ΔE 9.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.8 Light salmon · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6EE3E4

Analogous#E46EA8, #E4AA6E

Triadic#6EE46F, #6F6EE4

Split complementary#6EE4AA, #6EA8E4

Tetradic#A8E46E, #6EE3E4, #AA6EE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCEFEF

Lighter +20%#F4C4C4

Lighter +10%#EC9A99

Darker −10%#DC4443

Darker −20%#C72625

Darker −30%#9C1E1D

Darker −40%#711615

More saturated +25%#FA5A59

Less saturated −25%#CF8484

Channel breakdown

R228

G111

B110

Red228 (89.4%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue0.51°

Saturation (HSL)68.6%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 6F · B 6E

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