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Recognised as Colour

#E7816C

  • #E7816C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E7816C is a red with RGB values 231, 129, 108 and HSL 10°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E7816C#E7816C
HEX#E7816C
RGBrgb(231, 129, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5059, 0.4235
RGB percentages90.6%, 50.6%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(10.2, 71.9%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 53.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 44.2%, 53.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,171,948
CSS custom property--colour: #E7816C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#187E93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A906Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A56Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FA717Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.5Dark salmon · ΔE 10.4Light coral · ΔE 10.8Light salmon · ΔE 12.8Indian red · ΔE 15.2Coral · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CD2E7
Analogous#E76C94, #E7BF6C
Triadic#6CE781, #816CE7
Split complementary#6CE7BF, #6C94E7
Tetradic#94E76C, #6CD2E7, #BF6CE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCF2F0
Lighter +20%#F5CCC4
Lighter +10%#EEA798
Darker −10%#E05B40
Darker −20%#CC3E21
Darker −30%#A0311A
Darker −40%#742413
More saturated +25%#FC7357
Less saturated −25%#D28F81

Channel breakdown

R231
G129
B108
Red231 (90.6%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue10.24°
Saturation (HSL)71.93%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 81 · B 6C

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