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Recognised as Colour

#ED8B91

  • #ED8B91
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#ED8B91 is a red with RGB values 237, 139, 145 and HSL 356°, 73%, 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

#ED8B91#ED8B91
HEX#ED8B91
RGBrgb(237, 139, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5451, 0.5686
RGB percentages92.9%, 54.5%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(356.3, 73.1%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.3, 41.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 38.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,567,761
CSS custom property--colour: #ED8B91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38514WCAG 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 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#12746E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9B91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AE8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FE808Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 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 text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.5Pale violetred · ΔE 16.7Dark salmon · ΔE 17.6Salmon · ΔE 17.7Light pink · ΔE 18Indian red · ΔE 18.9
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#8BEDE7
Analogous#ED8BC2, #EDB68B
Triadic#91ED8B, #8B91ED
Split complementary#8BEDB6, #8BC2ED
Tetradic#C2ED8B, #8BEDE7, #B68BED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE3E5
Lighter +10%#F4B7BB
Darker −10%#E65F67
Darker −20%#DF333D
Darker −30%#C11E28
Darker −40%#95171F
More saturated +25%#FE7A82
Less saturated −25%#DC9CA0

Channel breakdown

R237
G139
B145
Red237 (92.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue356.33°
Saturation (HSL)73.13%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 8B · B 91

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