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Colour

#E9898D

  • #E9898D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#E9898D is a red with RGB values 233, 137, 141 and HSL 358°, 69%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#E9898D#E9898D
HEX#E9898D
RGBrgb(233, 137, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.5373, 0.5529
RGB percentages91.4%, 53.7%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(357.5, 68.6%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.5, 41.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 41.2%, 39.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,305,101
CSS custom property--colour: #E9898D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#167672

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C998Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AB8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FA7E8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.3Dark salmon · ΔE 16.6Pale violetred · ΔE 17.3Salmon · ΔE 17.4Indian red · ΔE 18.1Light pink · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89E9E5
Analogous#E989BD, #E9B589
Triadic#8DE989, #898DE9
Split complementary#89E9B5, #89BDE9
Tetradic#BDE989, #89E9E5, #B589E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9DFE0
Lighter +10%#F1B4B7
Darker −10%#E15E63
Darker −20%#D9333A
Darker −30%#B72228
Darker −40%#8C1A1F
More saturated +25%#FB787D
Less saturated −25%#D89B9D

Channel breakdown

R233
G137
B141
Red233 (91.4%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue357.5°
Saturation (HSL)68.57%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G 89 · B 8D

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