Recognised as Colour

#E47170

#E47170
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E47170 is a red with RGB values 228, 113, 112 and HSL 1°, 68%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E47170#E47170

HEX#E47170

RGBrgb(228, 113, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.4431, 0.4392

RGB percentages89.4%, 44.3%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(0.5, 68.2%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 50.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 50.4%, 50.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,971,248

CSS custom property--colour: #E47170;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#1B8E8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B856Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89D6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F76072no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.6 Indian red · ΔE 7.8 Salmon · ΔE 9.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.2 Light salmon · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70E3E4

Analogous#E470A9, #E4AB70

Triadic#70E471, #7170E4

Split complementary#70E4AB, #70A9E4

Tetradic#A9E470, #70E3E4, #AB70E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF1F1

Lighter +20%#F4C6C6

Lighter +10%#EC9C9B

Darker −10%#DC4645

Darker −20%#C82726

Darker −30%#9D1F1E

Darker −40%#721616

More saturated +25%#F95C5B

Less saturated −25%#CF8685

Channel breakdown

R228

G113

B112

Red228 (89.4%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue0.52°

Saturation (HSL)68.24%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 71 · B 70

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