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Recognised as Colour

#E6697E

  • #E6697E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E6697E is a red with RGB values 230, 105, 126 and HSL 350°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E6697E#E6697E
HEX#E6697E
RGBrgb(230, 105, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.4118, 0.4941
RGB percentages90.2%, 41.2%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(349.9, 71.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.9, 54.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 54.3%, 45.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,100,286
CSS custom property--colour: #E6697E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#199681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83827Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39B7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F95971no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 12Pale violetred · ΔE 12.9Indian red · ΔE 13.2Salmon · ΔE 18.9Hot pink · ΔE 27.3Dark salmon · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E6D1
Analogous#E669BC, #E69369
Triadic#7EE669, #697EE6
Split complementary#69E693, #69BCE6
Tetradic#BCE669, #69E6D1, #9369E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCECEF
Lighter +20%#F5C0C9
Lighter +10%#ED95A4
Darker −10%#DF3D58
Darker −20%#C8213D
Darker −30%#9C1A30
Darker −40%#701322
More saturated +25%#FC536F
Less saturated −25%#D07F8D

Channel breakdown

R230
G105
B126
Red230 (90.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue349.92°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 69 · B 7E

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