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Recognised as Colour

#E97C8B

  • #E97C8B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E97C8B is a red with RGB values 233, 124, 139 and HSL 352°, 71%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E97C8B#E97C8B
HEX#E97C8B
RGBrgb(233, 124, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.4863, 0.5451
RGB percentages91.4%, 48.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(351.7, 71.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 46.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 46.8%, 40.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,301,771
CSS custom property--colour: #E97C8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#168374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91908Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FB7082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.6Pale violetred · ΔE 11.6Indian red · ΔE 15.8Salmon · ΔE 18.3Dark salmon · ΔE 23.2Light pink · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE9DA
Analogous#E97CC2, #E9A37C
Triadic#8BE97C, #7C8BE9
Split complementary#7CE9A3, #7CC2E9
Tetradic#C2E97C, #7CE9DA, #A37CE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8D3D8
Lighter +10%#F0A8B2
Darker −10%#E25064
Darker −20%#DA253E
Darker −30%#AF1D31
Darker −40%#831625
More saturated +25%#FC697D
Less saturated −25%#D68F99

Channel breakdown

R233
G124
B139
Red233 (91.4%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue351.74°
Saturation (HSL)71.24%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 7C · B 8B

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