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Recognised as Colour

#E77679

  • #E77679
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E77679 is a red with RGB values 231, 118, 121 and HSL 358°, 70%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E77679#E77679
HEX#E77679
RGBrgb(231, 118, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.4627, 0.4745
RGB percentages90.6%, 46.3%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(358.4, 70.2%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 48.9%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 48.9%, 47.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,169,145
CSS custom property--colour: #E77679;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#188986

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8A78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABA177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FA6678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 3.6Indian red · ΔE 10Salmon · ΔE 11.4Pale violetred · ΔE 18.5Dark salmon · ΔE 19.5Light salmon · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 3.65, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76E7E4
Analogous#E776B2, #E7AB76
Triadic#79E776, #7679E7
Split complementary#76E7AB, #76B2E7
Tetradic#B2E776, #76E7E4, #AB76E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF8F8
Lighter +20%#F6CDCE
Lighter +10%#EFA1A3
Darker −10%#DF4B4F
Darker −20%#D22529
Darker −30%#A71D21
Darker −40%#7B1618
More saturated +25%#FB6266
Less saturated −25%#D38A8C

Channel breakdown

R231
G118
B121
Red231 (90.6%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue358.41°
Saturation (HSL)70.19%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 76 · B 79

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