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Recognised as Colour

#E05F8A

  • #E05F8A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E05F8A is a red with RGB values 224, 95, 138 and HSL 340°, 68%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E05F8A#E05F8A
HEX#E05F8A
RGBrgb(224, 95, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.3725, 0.5412
RGB percentages87.8%, 37.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(340, 67.5%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340, 57.6%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 57.6%, 38.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,704,522
CSS custom property--colour: #E05F8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#1FA075

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#767C8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#989487no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F1536Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#5FE0B5
Analogous#E05FCA, #E0755F
Triadic#8AE05F, #5F8AE0
Split complementary#5FE075, #5FCBE0
Tetradic#CAE05F, #5FE0B5, #755FE0

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9DFE8
Lighter +20%#F1B4C8
Lighter +10%#E88AA9
Darker −10%#D8346B
Darker −20%#B62354
Darker −30%#8B1B40
Darker −40%#60132D
More saturated +25%#F84782
Less saturated −25%#C87792

Channel breakdown

R224
G95
B138
Red224 (87.8%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue340°
Saturation (HSL)67.54%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G 5F · B 8A

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