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Recognised as Colour

#EC9282

  • #EC9282
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#EC9282 is a red with RGB values 236, 146, 130 and HSL 9°, 74%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#EC9282#EC9282
HEX#EC9282
RGBrgb(236, 146, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5725, 0.5098
RGB percentages92.5%, 57.3%, 51%
HSLhsl(9.1, 73.6%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 44.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 38.1%, 44.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,504,002
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9282;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#136D7D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79E81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB181no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FE858Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.3Light coral · ΔE 11.6Light salmon · ΔE 12.8Salmon · ΔE 14.6Indian red · ΔE 20.4Light pink · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82DCEC
Analogous#EC82A7, #ECC782
Triadic#82EC92, #9282EC
Split complementary#82ECC7, #82A7EC
Tetradic#A7EC82, #82DCEC, #C782EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9DFDB
Lighter +10%#F3B9AE
Darker −10%#E56B56
Darker −20%#DF4529
Darker −30%#B9341C
Darker −40%#8D2715
More saturated +25%#FE8570
Less saturated −25%#DA9F94

Channel breakdown

R236
G146
B130
Red236 (92.5%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue9.06°
Saturation (HSL)73.61%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 92 · B 82

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