Colour

#E69E96

#E69E96
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark salmon

#E69E96 is a red with RGB values 230, 158, 150 and HSL 6°, 62%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E69E96

RGBrgb(230, 158, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6196, 0.5882

RGB percentages90.2%, 62%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(6, 61.5%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 34.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 31.3%, 34.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,113,878

CSS custom property--colour: #E69E96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#196169

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADA895no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEB695no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F5959Cno 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 text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 13 Light pink · ΔE 13.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.7 Pink · ΔE 16.7 Light coral · ΔE 18.5 Light salmon · ΔE 20.5

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#96DEE6

Analogous#E696B6, #E6C696

Triadic#96E69E, #9E96E6

Split complementary#96E6C6, #96B6E6

Tetradic#B6E696, #96DEE6, #C696E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAEAE8

Lighter +10%#F0C4BF

Darker −10%#DC786D

Darker −20%#D25244

Darker −30%#B73A2C

Darker −40%#8E2D22

More saturated +25%#F69186

Less saturated −25%#D6ABA6

Channel breakdown

R230

G158

B150

Red230 (90.2%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue6°

Saturation (HSL)61.54%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 9E · B 96

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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