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Recognised as Colour

#E96B68

  • #E96B68
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E96B68 is a red with RGB values 233, 107, 104 and HSL 1°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E96B68#E96B68
HEX#E96B68
RGBrgb(233, 107, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.4196, 0.4078
RGB percentages91.4%, 42%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(1.4, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.4, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 54.1%, 55.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,297,384
CSS custom property--colour: #E96B68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#169497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#898267no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99C65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FE566Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.2Indian red · ΔE 8.8Light coral · ΔE 10Dark salmon · ΔE 22.5Tomato · ΔE 22.9Coral · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68E6E9
Analogous#E968A5, #E9AC68
Triadic#68E96B, #6B68E9
Split complementary#68E9AC, #68A5E9
Tetradic#A5E968, #68E6E9, #AC68E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEEEE
Lighter +20%#F6C2C1
Lighter +10%#EF9795
Darker −10%#E33F3B
Darker −20%#CD221E
Darker −30%#A11B17
Darker −40%#741311
More saturated +25%#FF5652
Less saturated −25%#D3807E

Channel breakdown

R233
G107
B104
Red233 (91.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue1.4°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 6B · B 68

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