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Recognised as Colour

#E9A293

  • #E9A293
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E9A293 is a red with RGB values 233, 162, 147 and HSL 10°, 66%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E9A293#E9A293
HEX#E9A293
RGBrgb(233, 162, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6353, 0.5765
RGB percentages91.4%, 63.5%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(10.5, 66.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 36.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 30.5%, 36.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,311,507
CSS custom property--colour: #E9A293;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#165D6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2AB92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3B992no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F9989Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.5Light pink · ΔE 16Rosy brown · ΔE 16.9Light salmon · ΔE 17.7Pink · ΔE 18.4Light coral · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93DAE9
Analogous#E993AF, #E9CD93
Triadic#93E9A2, #A293E9
Split complementary#93E9CD, #93AFE9
Tetradic#AFE993, #93DAE9, #CD93E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAEBE8
Lighter +10%#F2C6BD
Darker −10%#E07E69
Darker −20%#D8593E
Darker −30%#BD4126
Darker −40%#92321E
More saturated +25%#F99783
Less saturated −25%#D9ADA3

Channel breakdown

R233
G162
B147
Red233 (91.4%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue10.47°
Saturation (HSL)66.15%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G A2 · B 93

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