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Recognised as Colour

#E5775C

  • #E5775C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E5775C is a red with RGB values 229, 119, 92 and HSL 12°, 72%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E5775C#E5775C
HEX#E5775C
RGBrgb(229, 119, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4667, 0.3608
RGB percentages89.8%, 46.7%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(11.8, 72.5%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 59.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 48%, 59.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,038,300
CSS custom property--colour: #E5775C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#1A88A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938859no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9F5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F96371no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.7Coral · ΔE 15.2Light salmon · ΔE 15.3Light coral · ΔE 15.3Indian red · ΔE 15.6Dark salmon · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5CCAE5
Analogous#E55C86, #E5BB5C
Triadic#5CE577, #775CE5
Split complementary#5CE5BC, #5C85E5
Tetradic#85E55C, #5CCAE5, #BC5CE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE5E0
Lighter +20%#F3C0B4
Lighter +10%#EC9C88
Darker −10%#DE5230
Darker −20%#BD3D1E
Darker −30%#912F17
Darker −40%#652110
More saturated +25%#FD6944
Less saturated −25%#CD8574

Channel breakdown

R229
G119
B92
Red229 (89.8%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue11.82°
Saturation (HSL)72.49%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 77 · B 5C

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