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Colour

#E9897A

  • #E9897A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E9897A is a red with RGB values 233, 137, 122 and HSL 8°, 72%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E9897A#E9897A
HEX#E9897A
RGBrgb(233, 137, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5373, 0.4784
RGB percentages91.4%, 53.7%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(8.1, 71.6%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.1, 47.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 41.2%, 47.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,305,082
CSS custom property--colour: #E9897A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.32:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#167685

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9779no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AB79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#FC7B85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 8.3Light coral · ΔE 9Salmon · ΔE 11.5Light salmon · ΔE 13.6Indian red · ΔE 16.9Light pink · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7ADAE9
Analogous#E97AA3, #E9C17A
Triadic#7AE989, #897AE9
Split complementary#7AE9C1, #7AA2E9
Tetradic#A2E97A, #7ADAE9, #C17AE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFDFD
Lighter +20%#F7D7D2
Lighter +10%#F0B0A6
Darker −10%#E2624E
Darker −20%#D93C24
Darker −30%#AD301D
Darker −40%#822415
More saturated +25%#FC7B67
Less saturated −25%#D6978D

Channel breakdown

R233
G137
B122
Red233 (91.4%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue8.11°
Saturation (HSL)71.61%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 89 · B 7A

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