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Recognised as Colour

#E8808C

  • #E8808C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E8808C is a red with RGB values 232, 128, 140 and HSL 353°, 69%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E8808C#E8808C
HEX#E8808C
RGBrgb(232, 128, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.502, 0.549
RGB percentages91%, 50.2%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(353.1, 69.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 44.8%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 44.8%, 39.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,237,260
CSS custom property--colour: #E8808C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#177F73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94928Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA68Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F97585no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.3Pale violetred · ΔE 12.8Indian red · ΔE 16.4Salmon · ΔE 18.2Dark salmon · ΔE 21.3Light pink · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80E8DC
Analogous#E880C0, #E8A880
Triadic#8CE880, #808CE8
Split complementary#80E8A8, #80C0E8
Tetradic#C0E880, #80E8DC, #A880E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8D6DA
Lighter +10%#F0ABB3
Darker −10%#E05565
Darker −20%#D82A3E
Darker −30%#AF2030
Darker −40%#841824
More saturated +25%#FB6D7E
Less saturated −25%#D5939A

Channel breakdown

R232
G128
B140
Red232 (91%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue353.08°
Saturation (HSL)69.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G 80 · B 8C

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