Colour

#E57976

#E57976
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E57976 is a red with RGB values 229, 121, 118 and HSL 2°, 68%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E57976#E57976

HEX#E57976

RGBrgb(229, 121, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4745, 0.4627

RGB percentages89.8%, 47.5%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(1.6, 68.1%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 48.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 47.2%, 48.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,038,838

CSS custom property--colour: #E57976;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#1A8689

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918B75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACA174no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F86A79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.6 Salmon · ΔE 10.1 Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.4 Light salmon · ΔE 20.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.61, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#76E2E5

Analogous#E576AB, #E5B176

Triadic#76E579, #7976E5

Split complementary#76E5B0, #76AAE5

Tetradic#ABE576, #76E2E5, #B176E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF7F7

Lighter +20%#F5CDCC

Lighter +10%#EDA3A1

Darker −10%#DD4F4B

Darker −20%#CE2C27

Darker −30%#A3231F

Darker −40%#781917

More saturated +25%#F96662

Less saturated −25%#D18C8A

Channel breakdown

R229

G121

B118

Red229 (89.8%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue1.62°

Saturation (HSL)68.1%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 79 · B 76

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#E57976

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else