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Recognised as Colour

#E68877

  • #E68877
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E68877 is a red with RGB values 230, 136, 119 and HSL 9°, 69%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E68877#E68877
HEX#E68877
RGBrgb(230, 136, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5333, 0.4667
RGB percentages90.2%, 53.3%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(9.2, 68.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 48.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 40.9%, 48.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,108,215
CSS custom property--colour: #E68877;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#197788

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9575no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A976no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F87A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.6Light coral · ΔE 10.1Salmon · ΔE 12Light salmon · ΔE 13.2Indian red · ΔE 17Rosy brown · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77D5E6
Analogous#E6779E, #E6BF77
Triadic#77E688, #8877E6
Split complementary#77E6BF, #779EE6
Tetradic#9EE677, #77D5E6, #BF77E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF9F8
Lighter +20%#F6D3CD
Lighter +10%#EEAEA2
Darker −10%#DE624C
Darker −20%#D14026
Darker −30%#A6331E
Darker −40%#7A2617
More saturated +25%#FA7A63
Less saturated −25%#D2968B

Channel breakdown

R230
G136
B119
Red230 (90.2%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue9.19°
Saturation (HSL)68.94%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 88 · B 77

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