Colour

#E48585

#E48585
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E48585 is a red with RGB values 228, 133, 133 and HSL 0°, 64%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E48585#E48585

HEX#E48585

RGBrgb(228, 133, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5216, 0.5216

RGB percentages89.4%, 52.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(0, 63.8%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 41.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 41.7%, 41.7%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,976,389

CSS custom property--colour: #E48585;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#1B7A7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#999484no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A783no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F57986no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.9 Salmon · ΔE 16 Indian red · ΔE 16.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.7 Light pink · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85E4E4

Analogous#E485B4, #E4B485

Triadic#85E485, #8585E4

Split complementary#85E4B4, #85B4E4

Tetradic#B4E485, #85E4E4, #B485E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6D9D9

Lighter +10%#EDAFAF

Darker −10%#DB5B5B

Darker −20%#D23131

Darker −30%#AA2626

Darker −40%#811C1C

More saturated +25%#F77272

Less saturated −25%#D19898

Channel breakdown

R228

G133

B133

Red228 (89.4%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)63.76%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G 85 · B 85

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