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Recognised as Colour

#E57E74

  • #E57E74
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E57E74 is a red with RGB values 229, 126, 116 and HSL 5°, 68%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E57E74#E57E74
HEX#E57E74
RGBrgb(229, 126, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4941, 0.4549
RGB percentages89.8%, 49.4%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(5.3, 68.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 49.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 45%, 49.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,040,116
CSS custom property--colour: #E57E74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#1A818B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#968E73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA372no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#F86F7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.9Salmon · ΔE 9.4Indian red · ΔE 12.4Dark salmon · ΔE 12.8Light salmon · ΔE 17.2Pale violetred · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74DBE5
Analogous#E574A2, #E5B774
Triadic#74E57E, #7E74E5
Split complementary#74E5B7, #74A2E5
Tetradic#A3E574, #74DBE5, #B774E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F5
Lighter +20%#F5CECA
Lighter +10%#EDA69F
Darker −10%#DD5649
Darker −20%#CD3526
Darker −30%#A22A1E
Darker −40%#771F16
More saturated +25%#FA6D5F
Less saturated −25%#D08F89

Channel breakdown

R229
G126
B116
Red229 (89.8%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue5.31°
Saturation (HSL)68.48%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 7E · B 74

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