Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#EA978D

  • #EA978D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EA978D is a red with RGB values 234, 151, 141 and HSL 6°, 69%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EA978D#EA978D
HEX#EA978D
RGBrgb(234, 151, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.5922, 0.5529
RGB percentages91.8%, 59.2%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(6.5, 68.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6.5, 39.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 35.5%, 39.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,374,221
CSS custom property--colour: #EA978D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#156872

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A38Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB38Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FB8C95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.7Light coral · ΔE 13.6Light salmon · ΔE 16.9Light pink · ΔE 17Rosy brown · ΔE 18.8Salmon · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DE0EA
Analogous#EA8DB2, #EAC58D
Triadic#8DEA97, #978DEA
Split complementary#8DEAC6, #8DB1EA
Tetradic#B2EA8D, #8DE0EA, #C68DEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE6E3
Lighter +10%#F2BEB8
Darker −10%#E27062
Darker −20%#DA4837
Darker −30%#BB3323
Darker −40%#90271B
More saturated +25%#FB8A7C
Less saturated −25%#D9A49E

Channel breakdown

R234
G151
B141
Red234 (91.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue6.45°
Saturation (HSL)68.89%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G 97 · B 8D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ea978d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.