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Recognised as Colour

#E46D9F

  • #E46D9F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E46D9F is a red with RGB values 228, 109, 159 and HSL 335°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E46D9F#E46D9F
HEX#E46D9F
RGBrgb(228, 109, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.4275, 0.6235
RGB percentages89.4%, 42.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(334.8, 68.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 52.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 52.2%, 30.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,970,271
CSS custom property--colour: #E46D9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#1B9260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E87A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9D9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F36680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 8Hot pink · ΔE 14.5Light coral · ΔE 26.3Medium violet red · ΔE 27.8Plum · ΔE 28.1Indian red · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DE4B2
Analogous#E46DDA, #E4776D
Triadic#9FE46D, #6D9FE4
Split complementary#6DE477, #6DDAE4
Tetradic#DAE46D, #6DE4B2, #776DE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEEF4
Lighter +20%#F4C3D8
Lighter +10%#EC98BB
Darker −10%#DC4283
Darker −20%#C62569
Darker −30%#9B1D52
Darker −40%#70153B
More saturated +25%#FA579C
Less saturated −25%#CE83A2

Channel breakdown

R228
G109
B159
Red228 (89.4%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue334.79°
Saturation (HSL)68.79%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G 6D · B 9F

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