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Recognised as Colour

#EE8B7E

  • #EE8B7E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EE8B7E is a red with RGB values 238, 139, 126 and HSL 7°, 77%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EE8B7E#EE8B7E
HEX#EE8B7E
RGBrgb(238, 139, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5451, 0.4941
RGB percentages93.3%, 54.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(7, 76.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7, 47.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 41.6%, 47.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,633,278
CSS custom property--colour: #EE8B7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#117481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29A7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAE7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FF7D88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.8Dark salmon · ΔE 9.4Salmon · ΔE 10.7Light salmon · ΔE 13.9Indian red · ΔE 17.1Light pink · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EE1EE
Analogous#EE7EA9, #EEC37E
Triadic#7EEE8B, #8B7EEE
Split complementary#7EEEC3, #7EA9EE
Tetradic#A9EE7E, #7EE1EE, #C37EEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FADCD8
Lighter +10%#F4B4AB
Darker −10%#E86251
Darker −20%#E23A24
Darker −30%#BA2B19
Darker −40%#8D2113
More saturated +25%#FF7E6D
Less saturated −25%#DC9990

Channel breakdown

R238
G139
B126
Red238 (93.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue6.96°
Saturation (HSL)76.71%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 8B · B 7E

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