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Recognised as Colour

#E78782

  • #E78782
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E78782 is a red with RGB values 231, 135, 130 and HSL 3°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E78782#E78782
HEX#E78782
RGBrgb(231, 135, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5294, 0.5098
RGB percentages90.6%, 52.9%, 51%
HSLhsl(3, 67.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3, 43.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 41.6%, 43.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,173,506
CSS custom property--colour: #E78782;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#18787D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C9681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A980no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F97A86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.8Dark salmon · ΔE 12.5Salmon · ΔE 13.9Indian red · ΔE 16.1Light salmon · ΔE 18.5Pale violetred · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82E2E7
Analogous#E782AF, #E7BA82
Triadic#82E787, #8782E7
Split complementary#82E7BA, #82AFE7
Tetradic#AFE782, #82E2E7, #BA82E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7D9D8
Lighter +10%#EFB0AD
Darker −10%#DF5E57
Darker −20%#D7352C
Darker −30%#AE2822
Darker −40%#841F19
More saturated +25%#FA766F
Less saturated −25%#D49895

Channel breakdown

R231
G135
B130
Red231 (90.6%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue2.97°
Saturation (HSL)67.79%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 87 · B 82

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