Recognised as Colour

#E8696E

#E8696E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#E8696E is a red with RGB values 232, 105, 110 and HSL 358°, 73%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#E8696E#E8696E

HEX#E8696E

RGBrgb(232, 105, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.4118, 0.4314

RGB percentages91%, 41.2%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(357.6, 73.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.6, 54.7%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 54.7%, 52.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,231,342

CSS custom property--colour: #E8696E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#179691

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86816Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69B6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FC556Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.4 Light coral · ΔE 9.2 Salmon · ΔE 11.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.3 Brown · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69E8E3

Analogous#E869AE, #E8A369

Triadic#6EE869, #696EE8

Split complementary#69E8A3, #69AEE8

Tetradic#AEE869, #69E8E3, #A369E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCEEEE

Lighter +20%#F6C1C3

Lighter +10%#EF9599

Darker −10%#E13D43

Darker −20%#CC1F26

Darker −30%#A0181E

Darker −40%#731216

More saturated +25%#FE535A

Less saturated −25%#D27F82

Channel breakdown

R232

G105

B110

Red232 (91%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue357.64°

Saturation (HSL)73.41%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 69 · B 6E

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