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Recognised as Colour

#E96F78

  • #E96F78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E96F78 is a red with RGB values 233, 111, 120 and HSL 356°, 73%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E96F78#E96F78
HEX#E96F78
RGBrgb(233, 111, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.4353, 0.4706
RGB percentages91.4%, 43.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(355.6, 73.5%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.6, 52.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 52.4%, 48.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,298,424
CSS custom property--colour: #E96F78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#169087

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8678no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89E75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FC5E73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7Indian red · ΔE 9.9Salmon · ΔE 12.9Pale violetred · ΔE 17.6Dark salmon · ΔE 23.6Light salmon · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FE9E0
Analogous#E96FB5, #E9A36F
Triadic#78E96F, #6F78E9
Split complementary#6FE9A3, #6FB5E9
Tetradic#B5E96F, #6FE9E0, #A36FE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF4F4
Lighter +20%#F7C7CB
Lighter +10%#F09BA1
Darker −10%#E2434F
Darker −20%#D2202D
Darker −30%#A61924
Darker −40%#79131A
More saturated +25%#FE5A66
Less saturated −25%#D4848A

Channel breakdown

R233
G111
B120
Red233 (91.4%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue355.57°
Saturation (HSL)73.49%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 6F · B 78

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