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Recognised as Colour

#E68173

  • #E68173
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E68173 is a red with RGB values 230, 129, 115 and HSL 7°, 70%, 68%. 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

#E68173#E68173
HEX#E68173
RGBrgb(230, 129, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5059, 0.451
RGB percentages90.2%, 50.6%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(7.3, 69.7%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.3, 50%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 43.9%, 50%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,106,419
CSS custom property--colour: #E68173;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#197E8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999072no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1A571no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F9727Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.6Salmon · ΔE 9.3Dark salmon · ΔE 10.9Indian red · ΔE 13.9Light salmon · ΔE 15.1Coral · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73D8E6
Analogous#E6739F, #E6BA73
Triadic#73E681, #8173E6
Split complementary#73E6BB, #739EE6
Tetradic#9FE673, #73D8E6, #BB73E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6F5
Lighter +20%#F5CFCA
Lighter +10%#EEA89E
Darker −10%#DE5A48
Darker −20%#CE3925
Darker −30%#A32D1D
Darker −40%#782115
More saturated +25%#FB715E
Less saturated −25%#D19188

Channel breakdown

R230
G129
B115
Red230 (90.2%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue7.3°
Saturation (HSL)69.7%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 81 · B 73

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