Colour

#E6968E

#E6968E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#E6968E is a red with RGB values 230, 150, 142 and HSL 5°, 64%, 73%. 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

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HEX#E6968E

RGBrgb(230, 150, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5882, 0.5569

RGB percentages90.2%, 58.8%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(5.5, 63.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 38.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 34.8%, 38.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,111,822

CSS custom property--colour: #E6968E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.12:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#196971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A18Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAB18Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#F68C94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 11.1 Light coral · ΔE 14.5 Light pink · ΔE 16.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 17 Light salmon · ΔE 18.6 Pink · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8EDEE6

Analogous#E68EB2, #E6C28E

Triadic#8EE696, #968EE6

Split complementary#8EE6C2, #8EB2E6

Tetradic#B2E68E, #8EDEE6, #C28EE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8E4E2

Lighter +10%#EFBDB8

Darker −10%#DD6F64

Darker −20%#D4483A

Darker −30%#B33428

Darker −40%#8A281E

More saturated +25%#F7887D

Less saturated −25%#D5A49F

Channel breakdown

R230

G150

B142

Red230 (90.2%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue5.45°

Saturation (HSL)63.77%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 96 · B 8E

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