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Recognised as Colour

#ED9890

  • #ED9890
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#ED9890 is a red with RGB values 237, 152, 144 and HSL 5°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#ED9890#ED9890
HEX#ED9890
RGBrgb(237, 152, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5961, 0.5647
RGB percentages92.9%, 59.6%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(5.2, 72.1%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.2, 39.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 35.9%, 39.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,571,088
CSS custom property--colour: #ED9890;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.49:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#12676F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAA48Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEB58Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FE8D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.6Light coral · ΔE 13.1Light pink · ΔE 16.2Light salmon · ΔE 17.4Salmon · ΔE 18.8Rosy brown · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90E5ED
Analogous#ED90B6, #EDC790
Triadic#90ED98, #9890ED
Split complementary#90EDC6, #90B7ED
Tetradic#B7ED90, #90E5ED, #C790ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE9E8
Lighter +10%#F4C1BC
Darker −10%#E66F64
Darker −20%#DF4738
Darker −30%#C42E20
Darker −40%#982419
More saturated +25%#FD8B80
Less saturated −25%#DDA5A0

Channel breakdown

R237
G152
B144
Red237 (92.9%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue5.16°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 98 · B 90

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