Colour

#E8735E

#E8735E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E8735E is a red with RGB values 232, 115, 94 and HSL 9°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E8735E#E8735E

HEX#E8735E

RGBrgb(232, 115, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.451, 0.3686

RGB percentages91%, 45.1%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(9.1, 75%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 59.5%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 50.4%, 59.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,233,886

CSS custom property--colour: #E8735E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#178CA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90865Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9F5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FD5E6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 6.7 Indian red · ΔE 13.6 Light coral · ΔE 13.9 Coral · ΔE 15.9 Light salmon · ΔE 17.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5ED3E8

Analogous#E85E8E, #E8B85E

Triadic#5EE873, #735EE8

Split complementary#5EE8B8, #5E8EE8

Tetradic#8EE85E, #5ED3E8, #B85EE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE7E4

Lighter +20%#F5C1B7

Lighter +10%#EE9A8B

Darker −10%#E24C31

Darker −20%#C4361C

Darker −30%#972916

Darker −40%#6B1D0F

More saturated +25%#FF6347

Less saturated −25%#D18375

Channel breakdown

R232

G115

B94

Red232 (91%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue9.13°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 73 · B 5E

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