Colour

#E8775E

#E8775E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#E8775E is a red with RGB values 232, 119, 94 and HSL 11°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E8775E

RGBrgb(232, 119, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.4667, 0.3686

RGB percentages91%, 46.7%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(10.9, 75%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.9, 59.5%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 48.7%, 59.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,234,910

CSS custom property--colour: #E8775E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#1788A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94895Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA15Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FD6371no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 7.5 Light coral · ΔE 14.6 Coral · ΔE 15 Indian red · ΔE 15.2 Light salmon · ΔE 15.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5ECFE8

Analogous#E85E8A, #E8BC5E

Triadic#5EE877, #775EE8

Split complementary#5EE8BC, #5E8AE8

Tetradic#8AE85E, #5ECFE8, #BC5EE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBE8E4

Lighter +20%#F5C2B7

Lighter +10%#EE9D8B

Darker −10%#E25131

Darker −20%#C43A1C

Darker −30%#972D16

Darker −40%#6B200F

More saturated +25%#FF6847

Less saturated −25%#D18675

Channel breakdown

R232

G119

B94

Red232 (91%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue10.87°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G 77 · B 5E

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