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Recognised as Colour

#E3C8BD

  • #E3C8BD
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Misty rose

#E3C8BD is a orange with RGB values 227, 200, 189 and HSL 17°, 40%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

#E3C8BD#E3C8BD
HEX#E3C8BD
RGBrgb(227, 200, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.7843, 0.7412
RGB percentages89%, 78.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(17.4, 40.4%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.4, 16.7%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 11.9%, 16.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,928,061
CSS custom property--colour: #E3C8BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#1C3742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCABCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EBC4C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 11Light grey · ΔE 12Silver · ΔE 12.8Antique white · ΔE 12.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9Peach puff · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDD8E3
Analogous#E3BDC5, #E3DBBD
Triadic#BDE3C8, #C8BDE3
Split complementary#BDE3DB, #BDC5E3
Tetradic#C5E3BD, #BDD8E3, #DBBDE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2E6E1
Darker −10%#D4AA99
Darker −20%#C58C75
Darker −30%#B56E52
Darker −40%#95583F
More saturated +25%#EFC3B1
Less saturated −25%#D7CDC9

Channel breakdown

R227
G200
B189
Red227 (89%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue17.37°
Saturation (HSL)40.43%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G C8 · B BD

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