Recognised as Colour

#E68279

#E68279
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E68279 is a red with RGB values 230, 130, 121 and HSL 5°, 69%, 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

#E68279#E68279

HEX#E68279

RGBrgb(230, 130, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5098, 0.4745

RGB percentages90.2%, 51%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(5, 68.6%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5, 47.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 43.5%, 47.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,106,681

CSS custom property--colour: #E68279;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#197D86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#999178no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A677no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#F87480no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 5.9 Salmon · ΔE 10.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 12 Indian red · ΔE 13.9 Light salmon · ΔE 17 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#79DDE6

Analogous#E679A6, #E6B879

Triadic#79E682, #8279E6

Split complementary#79E6B8, #79A7E6

Tetradic#A7E679, #79DDE6, #B979E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFAFA

Lighter +20%#F6D2CF

Lighter +10%#EEAAA4

Darker −10%#DE5A4E

Darker −20%#D23527

Darker −30%#A72A1F

Darker −40%#7C1F17

More saturated +25%#FA7165

Less saturated −25%#D2938D

Channel breakdown

R230

G130

B121

Red230 (90.2%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue4.95°

Saturation (HSL)68.55%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 82 · B 79

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