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Recognised as Colour

#ECA088

  • #ECA088
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#ECA088 is a red with RGB values 236, 160, 136 and HSL 14°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#ECA088#ECA088
HEX#ECA088
RGBrgb(236, 160, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6275, 0.5333
RGB percentages92.5%, 62.7%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(14.4, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.4, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 32.2%, 42.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,507,592
CSS custom property--colour: #ECA088;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#135F77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A986no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FD949Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 5.4Light salmon · ΔE 12.3Light coral · ΔE 19.1Burlywood · ΔE 19.8Tan · ΔE 20.6Light pink · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88D4EC
Analogous#EC88A2, #ECD288
Triadic#88ECA0, #A088EC
Split complementary#88ECD2, #88A2EC
Tetradic#A2EC88, #88D4EC, #D288EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE6E0
Lighter +10%#F3C3B4
Darker −10%#E57D5C
Darker −20%#DE5A30
Darker −30%#BD441E
Darker −40%#913417
More saturated +25%#FD9777
Less saturated −25%#DBA999

Channel breakdown

R236
G160
B136
Red236 (92.5%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue14.4°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G A0 · B 88

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