Recognised as Colour
#E36FA9
- #E36FA9
- Red
- Dark
- Nearest: Pale violetred
#E36FA9 is a red with RGB values 227, 111, 169 and HSL 330°, 67%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.
Colour values
#E36FA9#E36FA9
HEX#E36FA9
RGBrgb(227, 111, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4353, 0.6627
RGB percentages89%, 43.5%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(330, 67.4%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 51.1%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 51.1%, 25.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,905,257
CSS custom property--colour: #E36FA9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.30564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#1C9056
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6FE3A9
Analogous#E36FE3, #E36F6F
Triadic#A9E36F, #6FA9E3
Split complementary#6FE36F, #6FE3E3
Tetradic#E3E36F, #6FE3A9, #6F6FE3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R227
G111
B169
Red227 (89%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)67.44%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 6F · B A9
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