Recognised as Colour

#E2959D

#E2959D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E2959D is a red with RGB values 226, 149, 157 and HSL 354°, 57%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E2959D#E2959D

HEX#E2959D

RGBrgb(226, 149, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5843, 0.6157

RGB percentages88.6%, 58.4%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(353.8, 57%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 34.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 34.1%, 30.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,849,437

CSS custom property--colour: #E2959D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#1D6A62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A19Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5AF9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F08E98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 12 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.3 Pink · ΔE 15.9 Light coral · ΔE 17.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#95E2DA

Analogous#E295C4, #E2B495

Triadic#9DE295, #959DE2

Split complementary#95E2B4, #95C4E2

Tetradic#C4E295, #95E2DA, #B495E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8E5E7

Lighter +10%#EDBDC2

Darker −10%#D76D78

Darker −20%#CC4553

Darker −30%#AE303D

Darker −40%#86252F

More saturated +25%#F38490

Less saturated −25%#D1A6AA

Channel breakdown

R226

G149

B157

Red226 (88.6%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue353.77°

Saturation (HSL)57.04%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 95 · B 9D

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Colour harmonies

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