Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E69789

  • #E69789
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E69789 is a red with RGB values 230, 151, 137 and HSL 9°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E69789#E69789
HEX#E69789
RGBrgb(230, 151, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5922, 0.5373
RGB percentages90.2%, 59.2%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(9, 65%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9, 40.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 34.3%, 40.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,073
CSS custom property--colour: #E69789;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40762WCAG 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 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#196876

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A188no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB188no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F68C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.1Light coral · ΔE 15.3Light salmon · ΔE 16Rosy brown · ΔE 18.2Light pink · ΔE 18.3Salmon · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89D8E6
Analogous#E689A9, #E6C689
Triadic#89E697, #9789E6
Split complementary#89E6C5, #89AAE6
Tetradic#AAE689, #89D8E6, #C589E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E1DD
Lighter +10%#EFBCB3
Darker −10%#DD725F
Darker −20%#D44D35
Darker −30%#B13A25
Darker −40%#872C1C
More saturated +25%#F88B77
Less saturated −25%#D4A39B

Channel breakdown

R230
G151
B137
Red230 (90.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue9.03°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 97 · B 89

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e69789” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.