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Recognised as Colour

#EE8B98

  • #EE8B98
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EE8B98 is a red with RGB values 238, 139, 152 and HSL 352°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EE8B98#EE8B98
HEX#EE8B98
RGBrgb(238, 139, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5451, 0.5961
RGB percentages93.3%, 54.5%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(352.1, 74.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 41.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 41.6%, 36.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,633,304
CSS custom property--colour: #EE8B98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#117467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9C98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5AF96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8190no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 11Pale violetred · ΔE 13.9Light pink · ΔE 17.2Salmon · ΔE 20.5Indian red · ΔE 20.6Dark salmon · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BEEE1
Analogous#EE8BCA, #EEB08B
Triadic#98EE8B, #8B98EE
Split complementary#8BEEB0, #8BCAEE
Tetradic#CAEE8B, #8BEEE1, #B08BEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE4E7
Lighter +10%#F5B7BF
Darker −10%#E75F71
Darker −20%#E13249
Darker −30%#C31D33
Darker −40%#971627
More saturated +25%#FF7A8C
Less saturated −25%#DD9CA4

Channel breakdown

R238
G139
B152
Red238 (93.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue352.12°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 8B · B 98

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