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Recognised as Colour

#E68F81

  • #E68F81
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E68F81 is a red with RGB values 230, 143, 129 and HSL 8°, 67%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E68F81#E68F81
HEX#E68F81
RGBrgb(230, 143, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5608, 0.5059
RGB percentages90.2%, 56.1%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(8.3, 66.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.3, 43.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 37.8%, 43.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,110,017
CSS custom property--colour: #E68F81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#19707E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39B80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8AD80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F7838Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.3Light coral · ΔE 11.7Light salmon · ΔE 14.7Salmon · ΔE 15.8Indian red · ΔE 19.9Rosy brown · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D8E6
Analogous#E681A5, #E6C181
Triadic#81E68F, #8F81E6
Split complementary#81E6C1, #81A6E6
Tetradic#A6E681, #81D8E6, #C281E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7DBD6
Lighter +10%#EEB5AC
Darker −10%#DE6956
Darker −20%#D5432C
Darker −30%#AC3522
Darker −40%#81281A
More saturated +25%#F9816E
Less saturated −25%#D39D94

Channel breakdown

R230
G143
B129
Red230 (90.2%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue8.32°
Saturation (HSL)66.89%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 8F · B 81

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