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Recognised as Colour

#E5817C

  • #E5817C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E5817C is a red with RGB values 229, 129, 124 and HSL 3°, 67%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E5817C#E5817C
HEX#E5817C
RGBrgb(229, 129, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5059, 0.4863
RGB percentages89.8%, 50.6%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(2.9, 66.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.9, 45.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 43.7%, 45.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,040,892
CSS custom property--colour: #E5817C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#1A7E83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97917Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA57Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F77380no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.1Salmon · ΔE 12.2Dark salmon · ΔE 13.5Indian red · ΔE 13.6Light salmon · ΔE 18.9Pale violetred · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE0E5
Analogous#E57CAC, #E5B57C
Triadic#7CE581, #817CE5
Split complementary#7CE5B6, #7CABE5
Tetradic#ABE57C, #7CE0E5, #B67CE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFCFC
Lighter +20%#F6D3D1
Lighter +10%#EDAAA7
Darker −10%#DD5851
Darker −20%#D1322A
Darker −30%#A72721
Darker −40%#7C1D19
More saturated +25%#F96F68
Less saturated −25%#D19390

Channel breakdown

R229
G129
B124
Red229 (89.8%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue2.86°
Saturation (HSL)66.88%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 81 · B 7C

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