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Recognised as Colour

#E3909D

  • #E3909D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E3909D is a red with RGB values 227, 144, 157 and HSL 351°, 60%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E3909D#E3909D
HEX#E3909D
RGBrgb(227, 144, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5647, 0.6157
RGB percentages89%, 56.5%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(350.6, 59.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(350.6, 36.6%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 36.6%, 30.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,913,693
CSS custom property--colour: #E3909D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#1C6F62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9E9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AD9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F18995no 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 text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.6Pale violetred · ΔE 16Light coral · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 16.8Pink · ΔE 17.7Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90E3D6
Analogous#E390C6, #E3AC90
Triadic#9DE390, #909DE3
Split complementary#90E3AC, #90C6E3
Tetradic#C6E390, #90E3D6, #AD90E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E1E5
Lighter +10%#EDB9C1
Darker −10%#D96779
Darker −20%#CE3F55
Darker −30%#AE2C40
Darker −40%#852231
More saturated +25%#F47F91
Less saturated −25%#D2A1A9

Channel breakdown

R227
G144
B157
Red227 (89%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue350.6°
Saturation (HSL)59.71%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 90 · B 9D

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