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Recognised as Colour

#E77057

  • #E77057
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E77057 is a red with RGB values 231, 112, 87 and HSL 10°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E77057#E77057
HEX#E77057
RGBrgb(231, 112, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.4392, 0.3412
RGB percentages90.6%, 43.9%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(10.4, 75%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.4, 62.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 51.5%, 62.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,167,575
CSS custom property--colour: #E77057;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#188FA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8354no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9D55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FC5A6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9Coral · ΔE 13.6Indian red · ΔE 15.4Light coral · ΔE 16.8Tomato · ΔE 17.5Light salmon · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57CEE7
Analogous#E75786, #E7B857
Triadic#57E770, #7057E7
Split complementary#57E7B8, #5786E7
Tetradic#86E757, #57CEE7, #B857E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE2DD
Lighter +20%#F4BCB0
Lighter +10%#ED9684
Darker −10%#E14A2A
Darker −20%#BD371B
Darker −30%#902A15
Darker −40%#641D0E
More saturated +25%#FF603F
Less saturated −25%#CF806F

Channel breakdown

R231
G112
B87
Red231 (90.6%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue10.42°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 70 · B 57

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