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Recognised as Colour

#E48A86

  • #E48A86
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E48A86 is a red with RGB values 228, 138, 134 and HSL 3°, 64%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E48A86#E48A86
HEX#E48A86
RGBrgb(228, 138, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.5412, 0.5255
RGB percentages89.4%, 54.1%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(2.6, 63.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 41.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 39.5%, 41.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,977,670
CSS custom property--colour: #E48A86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#1B7579

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9885no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AA85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F57F89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.4Dark salmon · ΔE 12.6Salmon · ΔE 16.7Indian red · ΔE 18.1Light pink · ΔE 19.4Light salmon · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86E0E4
Analogous#E486B1, #E4B986
Triadic#86E48A, #8A86E4
Split complementary#86E4B9, #86B1E4
Tetradic#B1E486, #86E0E4, #B986E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7DBD9
Lighter +10%#EDB2B0
Darker −10%#DB625C
Darker −20%#D13933
Darker −30%#AB2C26
Darker −40%#81211D
More saturated +25%#F77974
Less saturated −25%#D29B99

Channel breakdown

R228
G138
B134
Red228 (89.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue2.55°
Saturation (HSL)63.51%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 8A · B 86

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