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Recognised as Colour

#E3969E

  • #E3969E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E3969E is a red with RGB values 227, 150, 158 and HSL 354°, 58%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E3969E#E3969E
HEX#E3969E
RGBrgb(227, 150, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.5882, 0.6196
RGB percentages89%, 58.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(353.8, 57.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 33.9%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 33.9%, 30.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,915,230
CSS custom property--colour: #E3969E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.12:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#1C6961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A29Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F18F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.7Rosy brown · ΔE 14.5Pink · ΔE 15.5Light coral · ΔE 17.8Pale violetred · ΔE 19.6Dark salmon · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E3DB
Analogous#E396C5, #E3B596
Triadic#9EE396, #969EE3
Split complementary#96E3B5, #96C5E3
Tetradic#C5E396, #96E3DB, #B596E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8E7E8
Lighter +10%#EEBEC3
Darker −10%#D86E79
Darker −20%#CE4554
Darker −30%#B12F3D
Darker −40%#89242F
More saturated +25%#F48591
Less saturated −25%#D2A7AB

Channel breakdown

R227
G150
B158
Red227 (89%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue353.77°
Saturation (HSL)57.89%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G 96 · B 9E

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