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Recognised as Colour

#E9808A

  • #E9808A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E9808A is a red with RGB values 233, 128, 138 and HSL 354°, 70%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E9808A#E9808A
HEX#E9808A
RGBrgb(233, 128, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.502, 0.5412
RGB percentages91.4%, 50.2%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(354.3, 70.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 45.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 45.1%, 40.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,302,794
CSS custom property--colour: #E9808A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#167F75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95928Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA788no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FB7484no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7Pale violetred · ΔE 13.9Indian red · ΔE 15.6Salmon · ΔE 16.9Dark salmon · ΔE 20.4Light pink · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80E9DF
Analogous#E980BF, #E9AB80
Triadic#8AE980, #808AE9
Split complementary#80E9AB, #80BFE9
Tetradic#BFE980, #80E9DF, #AA80E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8D7DA
Lighter +10%#F1ABB2
Darker −10%#E15562
Darker −20%#DA293A
Darker −30%#B11F2D
Darker −40%#861722
More saturated +25%#FC6D7B
Less saturated −25%#D69399

Channel breakdown

R233
G128
B138
Red233 (91.4%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue354.29°
Saturation (HSL)70.47%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 80 · B 8A

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