Recognised as Colour

#EC8B98

#EC8B98
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#EC8B98 is a red with RGB values 236, 139, 152 and HSL 352°, 72%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#EC8B98

RGBrgb(236, 139, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5451, 0.5961

RGB percentages92.5%, 54.5%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(352, 71.9%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 41.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 41.1%, 35.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,502,232

CSS custom property--colour: #EC8B98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#137467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9C98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4AE96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FC8190no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 13.8 Light pink · ΔE 16.8 Indian red · ΔE 20.9 Salmon · ΔE 21.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8BECDF

Analogous#EC8BC9, #ECAF8B

Triadic#98EC8B, #8B98EC

Split complementary#8BECAE, #8BC9EC

Tetradic#C9EC8B, #8BECDF, #AE8BEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAE3E6

Lighter +10%#F3B7BF

Darker −10%#E55F71

Darker −20%#DE334A

Darker −30%#BF1F35

Darker −40%#931829

More saturated +25%#FD7A8C

Less saturated −25%#DB9CA4

Channel breakdown

R236

G139

B152

Red236 (92.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue351.96°

Saturation (HSL)71.85%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 8B · B 98

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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