Recognised as Colour

#E2B3CB

#E2B3CB
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E2B3CB is a magenta with RGB values 226, 179, 203 and HSL 329°, 45%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E2B3CB#E2B3CB

HEX#E2B3CB

RGBrgb(226, 179, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.702, 0.7961

RGB percentages88.6%, 70.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(329.4, 44.8%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(329.4, 20.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 20.8%, 10.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,857,163

CSS custom property--colour: #E2B3CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#1D4C34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6BCCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C3CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.7 Pink · ΔE 11.2 Light pink · ΔE 13.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 19 Plum · ΔE 20.6 Silver · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3E2CA

Analogous#E1B3E2, #E2B3B4

Triadic#CBE2B3, #B3CBE2

Split complementary#B4E2B3, #B3E2E2

Tetradic#E2E2B3, #B3E2CA, #B3B4E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDFE

Lighter +10%#F0D8E4

Darker −10%#D48EB2

Darker −20%#C66998

Darker −30%#B6467F

Darker −40%#913865

More saturated +25%#EFA6CB

Less saturated −25%#D5C0CB

Channel breakdown

R226

G179

B203

Red226 (88.6%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue329.36°

Saturation (HSL)44.76%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G B3 · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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