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Recognised as Colour

#E79D90

  • #E79D90
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E79D90 is a red with RGB values 231, 157, 144 and HSL 9°, 64%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E79D90#E79D90
HEX#E79D90
RGBrgb(231, 157, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6157, 0.5647
RGB percentages90.6%, 61.6%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(9, 64.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9, 37.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 32%, 37.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,179,152
CSS custom property--colour: #E79D90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#18626F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA78Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB58Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F7939Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.1Light pink · ΔE 16.2Rosy brown · ΔE 16.6Light salmon · ΔE 17.7Light coral · ΔE 17.7Pink · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90DAE7
Analogous#E790AF, #E7C890
Triadic#90E79D, #9D90E7
Split complementary#90E7C9, #90AFE7
Tetradic#AFE790, #90DAE7, #C990E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E7E4
Lighter +10%#F0C2BA
Darker −10%#DE7866
Darker −20%#D5533C
Darker −30%#B73D27
Darker −40%#8D2F1E
More saturated +25%#F8917F
Less saturated −25%#D6A9A1

Channel breakdown

R231
G157
B144
Red231 (90.6%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue8.97°
Saturation (HSL)64.44%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 9D · B 90

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