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Recognised as Colour

#EC8E86

  • #EC8E86
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EC8E86 is a red with RGB values 236, 142, 134 and HSL 5°, 73%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EC8E86#EC8E86
HEX#EC8E86
RGBrgb(236, 142, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5569, 0.5255
RGB percentages92.5%, 55.7%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(4.7, 72.9%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.7, 43.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 39.8%, 43.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,502,982
CSS custom property--colour: #EC8E86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#137179

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29C85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9AF85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#FE818Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.5Dark salmon · ΔE 10.5Salmon · ΔE 14.2Light salmon · ΔE 16.5Indian red · ΔE 18.5Light pink · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86E4EC
Analogous#EC86B1, #ECC186
Triadic#86EC8E, #8E86EC
Split complementary#86ECC1, #86B1EC
Tetradic#B1EC86, #86E4EC, #C186EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE0DE
Lighter +10%#F3B7B2
Darker −10%#E5655A
Darker −20%#DE3C2E
Darker −30%#BC2A1D
Darker −40%#8F2017
More saturated +25%#FE7F75
Less saturated −25%#DB9D98

Channel breakdown

R236
G142
B134
Red236 (92.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue4.71°
Saturation (HSL)72.86%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 8E · B 86

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