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Colour

#E296BC

  • #E296BC
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#E296BC is a red with RGB values 226, 150, 188 and HSL 330°, 57%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E296BC#E296BC
HEX#E296BC
RGBrgb(226, 150, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5882, 0.7373
RGB percentages88.6%, 58.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(330, 56.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 33.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 16.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,849,724
CSS custom property--colour: #E296BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#1D6943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CA5BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB1BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EC95A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.4Pale violetred · ΔE 17.4Light pink · ΔE 17.7Pink · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 22.8Rosy brown · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E2BC
Analogous#E296E2, #E29696
Triadic#BCE296, #96BCE2
Split complementary#96E296, #96E2E2
Tetradic#E2E296, #96E2BC, #9696E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E6EF
Lighter +10%#EDBED6
Darker −10%#D76EA3
Darker −20%#CC4689
Darker −30%#AF3070
Darker −40%#872556
More saturated +25%#F385BC
Less saturated −25%#D1A7BC

Channel breakdown

R226
G150
B188
Red226 (88.6%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)56.72%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 96 · B BC

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