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Recognised as Colour

#E2C9CB

  • #E2C9CB
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#E2C9CB is a red with RGB values 226, 201, 203 and HSL 355°, 30%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#E2C9CB#E2C9CB
HEX#E2C9CB
RGBrgb(226, 201, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7882, 0.7961
RGB percentages88.6%, 78.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(355.2, 30.1%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.2, 11.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 10.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,862,795
CSS custom property--colour: #E2C9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.45:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#1D3634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDCCCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D0CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C7CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 9.5Misty rose · ΔE 10Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Silver · ΔE 10.8Thistle · ΔE 12.5Lavender blush · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9E2E0
Analogous#E2C9D7, #E2D3C9
Triadic#CBE2C9, #C9CBE2
Split complementary#C9E2D3, #C9D7E2
Tetradic#D7E2C9, #C9E2E0, #D3C9E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4EAEB
Darker −10%#D0A8AB
Darker −20%#BE878B
Darker −30%#AD656B
Darker −40%#914E53
More saturated +25%#ECBFC2
Less saturated −25%#D8D3D4

Channel breakdown

R226
G201
B203
Red226 (88.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue355.2°
Saturation (HSL)30.12%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G C9 · B CB

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