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Recognised as Colour

#E4706F

  • #E4706F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E4706F is a red with RGB values 228, 112, 111 and HSL 1°, 68%, 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

#E4706F#E4706F
HEX#E4706F
RGBrgb(228, 112, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.4392, 0.4353
RGB percentages89.4%, 43.9%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(0.5, 68.4%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 51.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 50.9%, 51.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,970,991
CSS custom property--colour: #E4706F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#1B8F90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A846Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79C6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F75F71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6Indian red · ΔE 7.6Salmon · ΔE 9.6Dark salmon · ΔE 19.8Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5Light salmon · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FE3E4
Analogous#E46FA9, #E4AB6F
Triadic#6FE470, #706FE4
Split complementary#6FE4AA, #6FA8E4
Tetradic#A9E46F, #6FE3E4, #AB6FE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF0F0
Lighter +20%#F4C5C5
Lighter +10%#EC9B9A
Darker −10%#DC4544
Darker −20%#C82725
Darker −30%#9D1E1D
Darker −40%#721615
More saturated +25%#F95B5A
Less saturated −25%#CF8584

Channel breakdown

R228
G112
B111
Red228 (89.4%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue0.51°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 70 · B 6F

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