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Recognised as Colour

#E6978C

  • #E6978C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E6978C is a red with RGB values 230, 151, 140 and HSL 7°, 64%, 73%. 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

#E6978C#E6978C
HEX#E6978C
RGBrgb(230, 151, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5922, 0.549
RGB percentages90.2%, 59.2%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(7.3, 64.3%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.3, 39.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 34.3%, 39.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,112,076
CSS custom property--colour: #E6978C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#196873

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A28Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBB18Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F68D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 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 text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.7Light coral · ΔE 15Light pink · ΔE 17Rosy brown · ΔE 17.4Light salmon · ΔE 17.4Salmon · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CDBE6
Analogous#E68CAE, #E6C48C
Triadic#8CE697, #978CE6
Split complementary#8CE6C4, #8CAEE6
Tetradic#AEE68C, #8CDBE6, #C48CE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E3E0
Lighter +10%#EFBDB6
Darker −10%#DD7162
Darker −20%#D44B38
Darker −30%#B23827
Darker −40%#882B1E
More saturated +25%#F88A7B
Less saturated −25%#D5A49E

Channel breakdown

R230
G151
B140
Red230 (90.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue7.33°
Saturation (HSL)64.29%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 97 · B 8C

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