Colour

#E77B59

#E77B59
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E77B59 is a red with RGB values 231, 123, 89 and HSL 14°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E77B59#E77B59

HEX#E77B59

RGBrgb(231, 123, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.4824, 0.349

RGB percentages90.6%, 48.2%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(14.4, 74.7%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14.4, 61.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 46.8%, 61.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,170,393

CSS custom property--colour: #E77B59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#1884A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978B56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A257no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FC6773no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 11.1 Coral · ΔE 12.9 Light salmon · ΔE 13.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.7 Light coral · ΔE 18.3 Indian red · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#59C5E7

Analogous#E7597E, #E7C259

Triadic#59E77B, #7B59E7

Split complementary#59E7C2, #597EE7

Tetradic#7EE759, #59C5E7, #C259E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAE5DF

Lighter +20%#F4C2B2

Lighter +10%#ED9E86

Darker −10%#E1582C

Darker −20%#BE431C

Darker −30%#923315

Darker −40%#65230F

More saturated +25%#FF6F41

Less saturated −25%#CF8771

Channel breakdown

R231

G123

B89

Red231 (90.6%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue14.37°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 7B · B 59

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