Recognised as Colour

#E85A72

#E85A72
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#E85A72 is a red with RGB values 232, 90, 114 and HSL 350°, 76%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E85A72#E85A72

HEX#E85A72

RGBrgb(232, 90, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.3529, 0.4471

RGB percentages91%, 35.3%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(349.9, 75.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.9, 61.2%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 50.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,227,506

CSS custom property--colour: #E85A72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#17A58D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A7872no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F956Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FC4363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14.2 Light coral · ΔE 16.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.3 Salmon · ΔE 20 Crimson · ΔE 25.1 Brown · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 14.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5AE8D0

Analogous#E85AB9, #E8895A

Triadic#72E85A, #5A72E8

Split complementary#5AE889, #5AB9E8

Tetradic#B9E85A, #5AE8D0, #895AE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE0E5

Lighter +20%#F4B4BE

Lighter +10%#EE8798

Darker −10%#E22D4C

Darker −20%#C11B37

Darker −30%#94152A

Darker −40%#680E1D

More saturated +25%#FF4363

Less saturated −25%#D17282

Channel breakdown

R232

G90

B114

Red232 (91%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue349.86°

Saturation (HSL)75.53%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 5A · B 72

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