Colour

#E57081

#E57081
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E57081 is a red with RGB values 229, 112, 129 and HSL 351°, 69%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E57081#E57081

HEX#E57081

RGBrgb(229, 112, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4392, 0.5059

RGB percentages89.8%, 43.9%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(351.3, 69.2%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 51.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 51.1%, 43.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,036,545

CSS custom property--colour: #E57081;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#1A8F7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#888681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59D7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F76276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 12 Indian red · ΔE 12.9 Salmon · ΔE 17.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 25.7 Light pink · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70E5D4

Analogous#E570BC, #E59A70

Triadic#81E570, #7081E5

Split complementary#70E599, #70BCE5

Tetradic#BCE570, #70E5D4, #9970E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF1F3

Lighter +20%#F5C6CD

Lighter +10%#ED9BA7

Darker −10%#DD455B

Darker −20%#CA253D

Darker −30%#9F1D30

Darker −40%#741523

More saturated +25%#FA5B72

Less saturated −25%#D08590

Channel breakdown

R229

G112

B129

Red229 (89.8%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue351.28°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 70 · B 81

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