Recognised as Colour

#E295AE

#E295AE
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E295AE is a red with RGB values 226, 149, 174 and HSL 341°, 57%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E295AE#E295AE

HEX#E295AE

RGBrgb(226, 149, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5843, 0.6824

RGB percentages88.6%, 58.4%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(340.5, 57%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.5, 34.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 34.1%, 23%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,849,454

CSS custom property--colour: #E295AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#1D6A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FA3AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1B0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EE919Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 16.3 Pink · ΔE 16.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.3 Plum · ΔE 21.2 Thistle · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95E2C9

Analogous#E295D4, #E2A395

Triadic#AEE295, #95AEE2

Split complementary#95E2A3, #95D4E2

Tetradic#D5E295, #95E2C9, #A395E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8E5EB

Lighter +10%#EDBDCD

Darker −10%#D76D8F

Darker −20%#CC4571

Darker −30%#AE3059

Darker −40%#862544

More saturated +25%#F384A8

Less saturated −25%#D1A6B4

Channel breakdown

R226

G149

B174

Red226 (88.6%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue340.52°

Saturation (HSL)57.04%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 95 · B AE

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