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Recognised as Colour

#E38EA3

  • #E38EA3
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E38EA3 is a red with RGB values 227, 142, 163 and HSL 345°, 60%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E38EA3#E38EA3
HEX#E38EA3
RGBrgb(227, 142, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5569, 0.6392
RGB percentages89%, 55.7%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(345.2, 60.3%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.2, 37.4%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 37.4%, 28.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,913,187
CSS custom property--colour: #E38EA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#1C715C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9DA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0ACA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F18895no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 13.3Light pink · ΔE 14.7Pink · ΔE 18.7Light coral · ΔE 18.8Rosy brown · ΔE 18.9Plum · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EE3CE
Analogous#E38ECD, #E3A38E
Triadic#A3E38E, #8EA3E3
Split complementary#8EE3A3, #8ECDE3
Tetradic#CDE38E, #8EE3CE, #A48EE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E0E6
Lighter +10%#EDB7C4
Darker −10%#D96582
Darker −20%#CF3C60
Darker −30%#AD2B4B
Darker −40%#842139
More saturated +25%#F57C9A
Less saturated −25%#D1A0AC

Channel breakdown

R227
G142
B163
Red227 (89%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue345.18°
Saturation (HSL)60.28%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 8E · B A3

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