Recognised as Colour

#E7A59A

#E7A59A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E7A59A is a red with RGB values 231, 165, 154 and HSL 9°, 62%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E7A59A#E7A59A

HEX#E7A59A

RGBrgb(231, 165, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6471, 0.6039

RGB percentages90.6%, 64.7%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(8.6, 61.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 33.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 28.6%, 33.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,181,210

CSS custom property--colour: #E7A59A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#185A65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3AD99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3BA99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F59DA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 13.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.7 Pink · ΔE 15.7 Tan · ΔE 20.1 Light salmon · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9ADCE7

Analogous#E79AB6, #E7CB9A

Triadic#9AE7A5, #A59AE7

Split complementary#9AE7CB, #9AB6E7

Tetradic#B6E79A, #9ADCE7, #CB9AE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBEEEC

Lighter +10%#F1CAC3

Darker −10%#DD8071

Darker −20%#D35C48

Darker −30%#BB412D

Darker −40%#923323

More saturated +25%#F79A8A

Less saturated −25%#D7B0AA

Channel breakdown

R231

G165

B154

Red231 (90.6%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue8.57°

Saturation (HSL)61.6%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G A5 · B 9A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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