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Recognised as Colour

#E6697F

  • #E6697F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E6697F is a red with RGB values 230, 105, 127 and HSL 349°, 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

#E6697F#E6697F
HEX#E6697F
RGBrgb(230, 105, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.4118, 0.498
RGB percentages90.2%, 41.2%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(349.4, 71.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.4, 54.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 54.3%, 44.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,100,287
CSS custom property--colour: #E6697F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 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#199680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83827Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39B7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F95971no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 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 12.4Pale violetred · ΔE 12.4Indian red · ΔE 13.6Salmon · ΔE 19.4Hot pink · ΔE 26.8Dark salmon · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E6D0
Analogous#E669BD, #E69269
Triadic#7FE669, #697FE6
Split complementary#69E692, #69BDE6
Tetradic#BEE669, #69E6D0, #9269E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCECEF
Lighter +20%#F5C0CA
Lighter +10%#ED95A4
Darker −10%#DF3D5A
Darker −20%#C8213F
Darker −30%#9C1A31
Darker −40%#701323
More saturated +25%#FC5371
Less saturated −25%#D07F8D

Channel breakdown

R230
G105
B127
Red230 (90.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue349.44°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 69 · B 7F

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