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Recognised as Colour

#E8A399

  • #E8A399
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E8A399 is a red with RGB values 232, 163, 153 and HSL 8°, 63%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E8A399#E8A399
HEX#E8A399
RGBrgb(232, 163, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6392, 0.6
RGB percentages91%, 63.9%, 60%
HSLhsl(7.6, 63.2%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 34.1%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 29.7%, 34.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,246,233
CSS custom property--colour: #E8A399;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#175C66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2AC98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B998no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F79AA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 13.3Light pink · ΔE 13.5Rosy brown · ΔE 15Pink · ΔE 15.9Light coral · ΔE 20.3Light salmon · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99DEE8
Analogous#E899B7, #E8CB99
Triadic#99E8A3, #A399E8
Split complementary#99E8CB, #99B6E8
Tetradic#B7E899, #99DEE8, #CB99E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBEEEC
Lighter +10%#F1C9C3
Darker −10%#DF7D6F
Darker −20%#D55846
Darker −30%#BD3D2B
Darker −40%#943021
More saturated +25%#F89789
Less saturated −25%#D8AFA9

Channel breakdown

R232
G163
B153
Red232 (91%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue7.59°
Saturation (HSL)63.2%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G A3 · B 99

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