Recognised as Colour

#E77355

#E77355
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E77355 is a red with RGB values 231, 115, 85 and HSL 12°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E77355#E77355

HEX#E77355

RGBrgb(231, 115, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.451, 0.3333

RGB percentages90.6%, 45.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(12.3, 75.3%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 63.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 50.2%, 63.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,168,341

CSS custom property--colour: #E77355;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#188CAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918552no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9E53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FC5D6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 10.3 Coral · ΔE 12 Indian red · ΔE 17.4 Light salmon · ΔE 17.4 Tomato · ΔE 17.8 Light coral · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55C9E7

Analogous#E75580, #E7BC55

Triadic#55E773, #7355E7

Split complementary#55E7BC, #5580E7

Tetradic#80E755, #55C9E7, #BC55E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAE1DB

Lighter +20%#F4BDAE

Lighter +10%#ED9882

Darker −10%#E14E28

Darker −20%#BC3C1A

Darker −30%#8F2D14

Darker −40%#621F0E

More saturated +25%#FF653D

Less saturated −25%#CF816D

Channel breakdown

R231

G115

B85

Red231 (90.6%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue12.33°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 73 · B 55

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