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Recognised as Colour

#E68388

  • #E68388
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E68388 is a red with RGB values 230, 131, 136 and HSL 357°, 66%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E68388#E68388
HEX#E68388
RGBrgb(230, 131, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5137, 0.5333
RGB percentages90.2%, 51.4%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(357, 66.4%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 43%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 43%, 40.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,106,952
CSS custom property--colour: #E68388;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#197C77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979388no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA786no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F77785no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7Indian red · ΔE 16Pale violetred · ΔE 16.2Salmon · ΔE 16.5Dark salmon · ΔE 17.6Light pink · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83E6E1
Analogous#E683B9, #E6AF83
Triadic#88E683, #8388E6
Split complementary#83E6AF, #83B9E6
Tetradic#BAE683, #83E6E1, #B083E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7D8D9
Lighter +10%#EFADB1
Darker −10%#DD595F
Darker −20%#D52E37
Darker −30%#AD232A
Darker −40%#831A20
More saturated +25%#F97077
Less saturated −25%#D39699

Channel breakdown

R230
G131
B136
Red230 (90.2%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue356.97°
Saturation (HSL)66.44%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 83 · B 88

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