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Recognised as Colour

#E9785B

  • #E9785B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E9785B is a red with RGB values 233, 120, 91 and HSL 12°, 76%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E9785B#E9785B
HEX#E9785B
RGBrgb(233, 120, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.4706, 0.3569
RGB percentages91.4%, 47.1%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(12.3, 76.3%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 60.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 48.5%, 60.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,300,699
CSS custom property--colour: #E9785B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#1687A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#958958no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1A259no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#FE6471no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.9Coral · ΔE 13.2Light salmon · ΔE 15.3Light coral · ΔE 16.6Dark salmon · ΔE 16.8Indian red · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BCCE9
Analogous#E95B85, #E9BF5B
Triadic#5BE978, #785BE9
Split complementary#5BE9BF, #5B85E9
Tetradic#85E95B, #5BCCE9, #BF5BE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBE7E2
Lighter +20%#F5C2B5
Lighter +10%#EF9D88
Darker −10%#E3532E
Darker −20%#C43D1A
Darker −30%#972F14
Darker −40%#6A210E
More saturated +25%#FF6B45
Less saturated −25%#D28672

Channel breakdown

R233
G120
B91
Red233 (91.4%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue12.25°
Saturation (HSL)76.34%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 78 · B 5B

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