Colour

#E8717A

#E8717A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#E8717A is a red with RGB values 232, 113, 122 and HSL 355°, 72%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E8717A#E8717A

HEX#E8717A

RGBrgb(232, 113, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.4431, 0.4784

RGB percentages91%, 44.3%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(355.5, 72.1%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.5, 51.3%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 51.3%, 47.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,233,402

CSS custom property--colour: #E8717A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.07:1

Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#178E85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B877Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99F77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#FB6175no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.3 Indian red · ΔE 10.2 Salmon · ΔE 13.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 16.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.9 Light salmon · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#71E8DF

Analogous#E871B5, #E8A471

Triadic#7AE871, #717AE8

Split complementary#71E8A3, #71B6E8

Tetradic#B6E871, #71E8DF, #A471E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDF5F5

Lighter +20%#F6C9CC

Lighter +10%#EF9DA3

Darker −10%#E14551

Darker −20%#D1222F

Darker −30%#A51B25

Darker −40%#79141B

More saturated +25%#FD5C68

Less saturated −25%#D3868C

Channel breakdown

R232

G113

B122

Red232 (91%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue355.46°

Saturation (HSL)72.12%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 71 · B 7A

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