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Recognised as Colour

#EC8266

  • #EC8266
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#EC8266 is a red with RGB values 236, 130, 102 and HSL 13°, 78%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#EC8266#EC8266
HEX#EC8266
RGBrgb(236, 130, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5098, 0.4
RGB percentages92.5%, 51%, 40%
HSLhsl(12.5, 77.9%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.5, 56.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 44.9%, 56.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,499,878
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8266;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#137D99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9163no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A864no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF707Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 8.4Light salmon · ΔE 11.4Dark salmon · ΔE 12.1Light coral · ΔE 14.4Coral · ΔE 16.2Indian red · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66D0EC
Analogous#EC668D, #ECC566
Triadic#66EC82, #8266EC
Split complementary#66ECC5, #668DEC
Tetradic#8DEC66, #66D0EC, #C566EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF1EE
Lighter +20%#F7CCC1
Lighter +10%#F2A793
Darker −10%#E65D39
Darker −20%#D2401A
Darker −30%#A53314
Darker −40%#77250F
More saturated +25%#FF7753
Less saturated −25%#D78F7C

Channel breakdown

R236
G130
B102
Red236 (92.5%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue12.54°
Saturation (HSL)77.91%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 82 · B 66

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