Recognised as Colour

#E2A6A9

#E2A6A9
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E2A6A9 is a red with RGB values 226, 166, 169 and HSL 357°, 51%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E2A6A9#E2A6A9

HEX#E2A6A9

RGBrgb(226, 166, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.651, 0.6627

RGB percentages88.6%, 65.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(357, 50.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357, 26.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 26.5%, 25.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,853,801

CSS custom property--colour: #E2A6A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.26:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#1D5956

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0AFA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEBAA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EEA0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.4 Pink · ΔE 10.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 11.6 Thistle · ΔE 19.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.6 Misty rose · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6E2DF

Analogous#E2A6C7, #E2C1A6

Triadic#A9E2A6, #A6A9E2

Split complementary#A6E2C1, #A6C7E2

Tetradic#C7E2A6, #A6E2DF, #C1A6E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF3F3

Lighter +10%#EFCCCE

Darker −10%#D58084

Darker −20%#C9595F

Darker −30%#B43B41

Darker −40%#8E2E33

More saturated +25%#F1979C

Less saturated −25%#D3B5B6

Channel breakdown

R226

G166

B169

Red226 (88.6%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue357°

Saturation (HSL)50.85%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G A6 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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