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Recognised as Colour

#E88878

  • #E88878
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E88878 is a red with RGB values 232, 136, 120 and HSL 9°, 71%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E88878#E88878
HEX#E88878
RGBrgb(232, 136, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.5333, 0.4706
RGB percentages91%, 53.3%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(8.6, 70.9%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 48.3%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 48.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,239,288
CSS custom property--colour: #E88878;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#177787

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9676no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AA77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FB7A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.2Light coral · ΔE 9.3Salmon · ΔE 11.3Light salmon · ΔE 13.4Indian red · ΔE 16.7Light pink · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78D8E8
Analogous#E878A0, #E8C078
Triadic#78E888, #8878E8
Split complementary#78E8C0, #78A0E8
Tetradic#A0E878, #78D8E8, #C078E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFBFB
Lighter +20%#F7D5CF
Lighter +10%#EFAEA4
Darker −10%#E1624C
Darker −20%#D63E24
Darker −30%#AA311D
Darker −40%#7E2516
More saturated +25%#FC7A64
Less saturated −25%#D4968C

Channel breakdown

R232
G136
B120
Red232 (91%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue8.57°
Saturation (HSL)70.89%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G 88 · B 78

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