Recognised as Colour

#E299AD

#E299AD
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E299AD is a red with RGB values 226, 153, 173 and HSL 344°, 56%, 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

#E299AD#E299AD

HEX#E299AD

RGBrgb(226, 153, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.6, 0.6784

RGB percentages88.6%, 60%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(343.6, 55.7%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.6, 32.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 32.3%, 23.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,850,477

CSS custom property--colour: #E299AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#1D6652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A6AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4B2ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EE95A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.3 Pink · ΔE 14.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 16 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.6 Thistle · ΔE 21.7 Plum · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99E2CE

Analogous#E299D2, #E2AA99

Triadic#ADE299, #99ADE2

Split complementary#99E2AA, #99D2E2

Tetradic#D2E299, #99E2CE, #AA99E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E8ED

Lighter +10%#EDC1CD

Darker −10%#D7718D

Darker −20%#CB4A6D

Darker −30%#B03255

Darker −40%#882741

More saturated +25%#F289A6

Less saturated −25%#D2A9B4

Channel breakdown

R226

G153

B173

Red226 (88.6%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue343.56°

Saturation (HSL)55.73%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 99 · B AD

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