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Recognised as Colour

#EE6978

  • #EE6978
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EE6978 is a red with RGB values 238, 105, 120 and HSL 353°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EE6978#EE6978
HEX#EE6978
RGBrgb(238, 105, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.4118, 0.4706
RGB percentages93.3%, 41.2%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(353.2, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 55.9%, 49.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,624,568
CSS custom property--colour: #EE6978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#119687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#878378no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89E75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FF566Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11.1Indian red · ΔE 12Salmon · ΔE 15Pale violetred · ΔE 18.5Brown · ΔE 27.3Dark salmon · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69EEDF
Analogous#EE69BA, #EE9D69
Triadic#78EE69, #6978EE
Split complementary#69EE9D, #69BAEE
Tetradic#BAEE69, #69EEDF, #9D69EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF2F4
Lighter +20%#F8C5CA
Lighter +10%#F397A1
Darker −10%#E93B4F
Darker −20%#D8192E
Darker −30%#AB1324
Darker −40%#7D0E1B
More saturated +25%#FF586B
Less saturated −25%#D97E88

Channel breakdown

R238
G105
B120
Red238 (93.3%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue353.23°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 69 · B 78

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