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Recognised as Colour

#E56F66

  • #E56F66
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E56F66 is a red with RGB values 229, 111, 102 and HSL 4°, 71%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E56F66#E56F66
HEX#E56F66
RGBrgb(229, 111, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4353, 0.4
RGB percentages89.8%, 43.5%, 40%
HSLhsl(4.3, 70.9%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.3, 55.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 51.5%, 55.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,036,262
CSS custom property--colour: #E56F66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 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#878787
Inverted#1A9099

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8365no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99C64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F95C6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 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

Salmon · ΔE 6.9Indian red · ΔE 8.7Light coral · ΔE 9.3Dark salmon · ΔE 19.2Light salmon · ΔE 20.9Coral · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66DCE5
Analogous#E5669D, #E5AF66
Triadic#66E56F, #6F66E5
Split complementary#66E5AE, #669DE5
Tetradic#9DE566, #66DCE5, #AE66E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEAE9
Lighter +20%#F4C1BD
Lighter +10%#EC9892
Darker −10%#DE463A
Darker −20%#C42D21
Darker −30%#98231A
Darker −40%#6D1912
More saturated +25%#FB5C50
Less saturated −25%#CF827C

Channel breakdown

R229
G111
B102
Red229 (89.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue4.25°
Saturation (HSL)70.95%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 6F · B 66

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