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Recognised as Colour

#E6898E

  • #E6898E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E6898E is a red with RGB values 230, 137, 142 and HSL 357°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E6898E#E6898E
HEX#E6898E
RGBrgb(230, 137, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5373, 0.5569
RGB percentages90.2%, 53.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(356.8, 65%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 40.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 40.4%, 38.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,108,494
CSS custom property--colour: #E6898E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#197671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B988Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AA8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F77F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.7Pale violetred · ΔE 16.8Dark salmon · ΔE 17.2Light pink · ΔE 17.9Indian red · ΔE 18.8Salmon · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89E6E1
Analogous#E689BC, #E6B289
Triadic#8EE689, #898EE6
Split complementary#89E6B2, #89BDE6
Tetradic#BDE689, #89E6E1, #B289E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8DDDF
Lighter +10%#EFB3B6
Darker −10%#DD5F66
Darker −20%#D4353D
Darker −30%#B1252D
Darker −40%#871C22
More saturated +25%#F8777E
Less saturated −25%#D49B9E

Channel breakdown

R230
G137
B142
Red230 (90.2%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue356.77°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 89 · B 8E

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