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Recognised as Colour

#E69591

  • #E69591
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E69591 is a red with RGB values 230, 149, 145 and HSL 3°, 63%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E69591#E69591
HEX#E69591
RGBrgb(230, 149, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5843, 0.5686
RGB percentages90.2%, 58.4%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(2.8, 63%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.8, 37%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 35.2%, 37%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,111,569
CSS custom property--colour: #E69591;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#196A6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A190no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9B190no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F68B94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 13Light coral · ΔE 14.1Light pink · ΔE 15.1Rosy brown · ΔE 16.5Pink · ΔE 18.9Light salmon · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91E2E6
Analogous#E691B8, #E6C091
Triadic#91E695, #9591E6
Split complementary#91E6C0, #91B7E6
Tetradic#B8E691, #91E2E6, #BF91E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E5E4
Lighter +10%#EFBDBB
Darker −10%#DD6D67
Darker −20%#D3453E
Darker −30%#B53029
Darker −40%#8B2520
More saturated +25%#F78680
Less saturated −25%#D5A4A2

Channel breakdown

R230
G149
B145
Red230 (90.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue2.82°
Saturation (HSL)62.96%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 95 · B 91

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