Colour

#E85B79

#E85B79
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#E85B79 is a red with RGB values 232, 91, 121 and HSL 347°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#E85B79

RGBrgb(232, 91, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.3569, 0.4745

RGB percentages91%, 35.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(347.2, 75.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.2, 60.8%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 60.8%, 47.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,227,769

CSS custom property--colour: #E85B79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#17A486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A7A7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9676no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FC4767no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 16.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 16.6 Light coral · ΔE 17.9 Salmon · ΔE 22.5 Hot pink · ΔE 25.1 Crimson · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5BE8CA

Analogous#E85BBF, #E8845B

Triadic#79E85B, #5B79E8

Split complementary#5BE884, #5BBFE8

Tetradic#BFE85B, #5BE8CA, #845BE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE1E7

Lighter +20%#F5B4C2

Lighter +10%#EE889E

Darker −10%#E22E54

Darker −20%#C21B3F

Darker −30%#951530

Darker −40%#680F22

More saturated +25%#FF446C

Less saturated −25%#D17286

Channel breakdown

R232

G91

B121

Red232 (91%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue347.23°

Saturation (HSL)75.4%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 5B · B 79

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