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Recognised as Colour

#E79883

  • #E79883
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E79883 is a red with RGB values 231, 152, 131 and HSL 13°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E79883#E79883
HEX#E79883
RGBrgb(231, 152, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5961, 0.5137
RGB percentages90.6%, 59.6%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(12.6, 67.6%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.6, 43.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 34.2%, 43.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,177,859
CSS custom property--colour: #E79883;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#18677C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA281no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB282no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F88C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 4.6Light salmon · ΔE 12.9Light coral · ΔE 16.5Salmon · ΔE 19.1Rosy brown · ΔE 20.6Light pink · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 4.57, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83D2E7
Analogous#E783A0, #E7CA83
Triadic#83E798, #9883E7
Split complementary#83E7CA, #83A0E7
Tetradic#A0E783, #83D2E7, #CA83E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8DFD8
Lighter +10%#EFBBAE
Darker −10%#DF7558
Darker −20%#D6512E
Darker −30%#AF4022
Darker −40%#84301A
More saturated +25%#FA8D70
Less saturated −25%#D4A395

Channel breakdown

R231
G152
B131
Red231 (90.6%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue12.6°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 98 · B 83

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