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Recognised as Colour

#E59785

  • #E59785
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E59785 is a red with RGB values 229, 151, 133 and HSL 11°, 65%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E59785#E59785
HEX#E59785
RGBrgb(229, 151, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5922, 0.5216
RGB percentages89.8%, 59.2%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(11.2, 64.9%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.2, 41.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.1%, 41.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,533
CSS custom property--colour: #E59785;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1A687A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A183no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB184no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F68C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.2Light salmon · ΔE 14.5Light coral · ΔE 16.1Rosy brown · ΔE 19.1Salmon · ΔE 19.7Light pink · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85D3E5
Analogous#E585A3, #E5C785
Triadic#85E597, #9785E5
Split complementary#85E5C7, #85A3E5
Tetradic#A3E585, #85D3E5, #C785E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7DFD9
Lighter +10%#EEBBAF
Darker −10%#DC735B
Darker −20%#D34F31
Darker −30%#AC3E25
Darker −40%#822F1C
More saturated +25%#F88B73
Less saturated −25%#D3A398

Channel breakdown

R229
G151
B133
Red229 (89.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue11.25°
Saturation (HSL)64.86%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 97 · B 85

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