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Recognised as Colour

#EE8E95

  • #EE8E95
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#EE8E95 is a red with RGB values 238, 142, 149 and HSL 356°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#EE8E95#EE8E95
HEX#EE8E95
RGBrgb(238, 142, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5569, 0.5843
RGB percentages93.3%, 55.7%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(355.6, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.6, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 40.3%, 37.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,634,069
CSS custom property--colour: #EE8E95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#11716A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09E95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B093no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FF8491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.9Light pink · ΔE 16.5Pale violetred · ΔE 16.8Dark salmon · ΔE 18Salmon · ΔE 19Indian red · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EEEE7
Analogous#EE8EC5, #EEB78E
Triadic#95EE8E, #8E95EE
Split complementary#8EEEB7, #8EC5EE
Tetradic#C5EE8E, #8EEEE7, #B78EEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE7E8
Lighter +10%#F5BABF
Darker −10%#E7626B
Darker −20%#E13542
Darker −30%#C51E2A
Darker −40%#991720
More saturated +25%#FE7E87
Less saturated −25%#DE9EA3

Channel breakdown

R238
G142
B149
Red238 (93.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue355.63°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 8E · B 95

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