Recognised as Colour

#E4B7CB

#E4B7CB
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E4B7CB is a red with RGB values 228, 183, 203 and HSL 333°, 45%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E4B7CB#E4B7CB

HEX#E4B7CB

RGBrgb(228, 183, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7176, 0.7961

RGB percentages89.4%, 71.8%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(333.3, 45.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(333.3, 19.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 19.7%, 11%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,989,259

CSS custom property--colour: #E4B7CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#1B4834

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C6CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EBB6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.2 Pink · ΔE 9.9 Light pink · ΔE 12.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.7 Misty rose · ΔE 19.5 Silver · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B7E4D0

Analogous#E4B7E2, #E4BAB7

Triadic#CBE4B7, #B7CBE4

Split complementary#B7E4BA, #B7E2E4

Tetradic#E2E4B7, #B7E4D0, #BAB7E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DCE6

Darker −10%#D692B0

Darker −20%#C86D95

Darker −30%#BA487B

Darker −40%#973862

More saturated +25%#F0ABCA

Less saturated −25%#D8C3CC

Channel breakdown

R228

G183

B203

Red228 (89.4%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue333.33°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G B7 · B CB

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