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Recognised as Colour

#E97966

  • #E97966
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#E97966 is a red with RGB values 233, 121, 102 and HSL 9°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#E97966#E97966
HEX#E97966
RGBrgb(233, 121, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.4745, 0.4
RGB percentages91.4%, 47.5%, 40%
HSLhsl(8.7, 74.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 56.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 48.1%, 56.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,300,966
CSS custom property--colour: #E97966;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#168699

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948B64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A264no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FD6675no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 5.5Light coral · ΔE 11.1Indian red · ΔE 13.2Dark salmon · ΔE 15.1Light salmon · ΔE 15.8Coral · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66D6E9
Analogous#E96694, #E9BB66
Triadic#66E979, #7966E9
Split complementary#66E9BB, #6695E9
Tetradic#94E966, #66D6E9, #BB66E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEEEC
Lighter +20%#F6C7BF
Lighter +10%#EFA093
Darker −10%#E35239
Darker −20%#CC371D
Darker −30%#9F2B17
Darker −40%#731F10
More saturated +25%#FF6950
Less saturated −25%#D3897C

Channel breakdown

R233
G121
B102
Red233 (91.4%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue8.7°
Saturation (HSL)74.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 79 · B 66

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