Recognised as Colour

#E78787

#E78787
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E78787 is a red with RGB values 231, 135, 135 and HSL 0°, 67%, 72%. 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

#E78787#E78787

HEX#E78787

RGBrgb(231, 135, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5294, 0.5294

RGB percentages90.6%, 52.9%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(0, 66.7%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 41.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 41.6%, 41.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,173,511

CSS custom property--colour: #E78787;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#187878

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B9686no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2A985no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F87B88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.8 Salmon · ΔE 15.7 Indian red · ΔE 16.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.9 Light pink · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87E7E7

Analogous#E787B7, #E7B787

Triadic#87E787, #8787E7

Split complementary#87E7B7, #87B7E7

Tetradic#B7E787, #87E7E7, #B787E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8DCDC

Lighter +10%#F0B2B2

Darker −10%#DF5D5D

Darker −20%#D63232

Darker −30%#B22424

Darker −40%#871B1B

More saturated +25%#F97575

Less saturated −25%#D59999

Channel breakdown

R231

G135

B135

Red231 (90.6%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G 87 · B 87

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Colour harmonies

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