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Recognised as Colour

#E199B2

  • #E199B2
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E199B2 is a red with RGB values 225, 153, 178 and HSL 339°, 55%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E199B2#E199B2
HEX#E199B2
RGBrgb(225, 153, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.6, 0.698
RGB percentages88.2%, 60%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(339.2, 54.5%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(339.2, 32%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 32%, 20.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,784,946
CSS custom property--colour: #E199B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#1E664D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A6B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B2B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EC96A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 12.6Pink · ΔE 15.1Rosy brown · ΔE 17.5Pale violetred · ΔE 18.4Plum · ΔE 20.3Thistle · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 12.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99E1C8
Analogous#E199D6, #E1A499
Triadic#B2E199, #99B2E1
Split complementary#99E1A4, #99D6E1
Tetradic#D6E199, #99E1C8, #A499E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E8EE
Lighter +10%#EDC0D0
Darker −10%#D57294
Darker −20%#CA4A76
Darker −30%#AE335E
Darker −40%#862848
More saturated +25%#F289AD
Less saturated −25%#D1AAB7

Channel breakdown

R225
G153
B178
Red225 (88.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue339.17°
Saturation (HSL)54.55%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G 99 · B B2

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