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Recognised as Colour

#E15496

  • #E15496
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#E15496 is a red with RGB values 225, 84, 150 and HSL 332°, 70%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#E15496#E15496
HEX#E15496
RGBrgb(225, 84, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.3294, 0.5882
RGB percentages88.2%, 32.9%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(331.9, 70.1%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.9, 62.7%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 62.7%, 33.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,767,254
CSS custom property--colour: #E15496;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#1EAB69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A7898no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#919193no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F24A6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 10.2Pale violetred · ΔE 17.4Medium violet red · ΔE 17.7Deep pink · ΔE 23.8Orchid · ΔE 28.6Violet · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54E19F
Analogous#E154DC, #E15854
Triadic#96E154, #5496E1
Split complementary#54E158, #54DCE1
Tetradic#DCE154, #54E19F, #5954E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8D6E6
Lighter +20%#F0ABCB
Lighter +10%#E97FB1
Darker −10%#D9297B
Darker −20%#B01F63
Darker −30%#85174B
Darker −40%#591032
More saturated +25%#FA3B94
Less saturated −25%#C86D98

Channel breakdown

R225
G84
B150
Red225 (88.2%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue331.91°
Saturation (HSL)70.15%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 54 · B 96

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