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Recognised as Colour

#E78994

  • #E78994
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E78994 is a red with RGB values 231, 137, 148 and HSL 353°, 66%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E78994#E78994
HEX#E78994
RGBrgb(231, 137, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5373, 0.5804
RGB percentages90.6%, 53.7%, 58%
HSLhsl(353, 66.2%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353, 40.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 40.7%, 35.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,174,036
CSS custom property--colour: #E78994;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#18766B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9994no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1AB92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F77F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.5Pale violetred · ΔE 14.3Light pink · ΔE 17.1Indian red · ΔE 20.2Dark salmon · ΔE 20.2Rosy brown · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89E7DC
Analogous#E789C3, #E7AD89
Triadic#94E789, #8994E7
Split complementary#89E7AD, #89C3E7
Tetradic#C3E789, #89E7DC, #AD89E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8DEE1
Lighter +10%#F0B3BA
Darker −10%#DE5F6E
Darker −20%#D63447
Darker −30%#B32435
Darker −40%#881C28
More saturated +25%#F97786
Less saturated −25%#D59BA2

Channel breakdown

R231
G137
B148
Red231 (90.6%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue352.98°
Saturation (HSL)66.2%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 89 · B 94

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