Colour

#E57B78

#E57B78
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E57B78 is a red with RGB values 229, 123, 120 and HSL 2°, 68%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E57B78#E57B78

HEX#E57B78

RGBrgb(229, 123, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4824, 0.4706

RGB percentages89.8%, 48.2%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(1.7, 67.7%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 47.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 46.3%, 47.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,039,352

CSS custom property--colour: #E57B78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#1A8487

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#928C77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADA276no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F86C7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.5 Salmon · ΔE 10.7 Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.8 Light salmon · ΔE 20.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.54, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78E2E5

Analogous#E578AC, #E5B278

Triadic#78E57B, #7B78E5

Split complementary#78E5B2, #78ABE5

Tetradic#ABE578, #78E2E5, #B278E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF8F8

Lighter +20%#F5CFCE

Lighter +10%#EDA5A3

Darker −10%#DD514D

Darker −20%#CF2C28

Darker −30%#A42320

Darker −40%#7A1A17

More saturated +25%#F96864

Less saturated −25%#D18E8C

Channel breakdown

R229

G123

B120

Red229 (89.8%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue1.65°

Saturation (HSL)67.7%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 7B · B 78

Keep nerding

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

#E57B78

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