Recognised as Colour

#E4B8C4

#E4B8C4
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E4B8C4 is a red with RGB values 228, 184, 196 and HSL 344°, 45%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E4B8C4#E4B8C4

HEX#E4B8C4

RGBrgb(228, 184, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7216, 0.7686

RGB percentages89.4%, 72.2%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(343.6, 44.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.6, 19.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 19.3%, 14%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,989,508

CSS custom property--colour: #E4B8C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1

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

Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#1B473B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDBFC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C6C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#ECB6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 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 text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 8.7 Thistle · ΔE 10.3 Light pink · ΔE 11.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.7 Misty rose · ΔE 17.1 Silver · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E4D8

Analogous#E4B8DA, #E4C2B8

Triadic#C4E4B8, #B8C4E4

Split complementary#B8E4C2, #B8DAE4

Tetradic#DAE4B8, #B8E4D8, #C2B8E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DDE3

Darker −10%#D693A5

Darker −20%#C86E87

Darker −30%#BA4968

Darker −40%#973953

More saturated +25%#F0ACBE

Less saturated −25%#D8C4CA

Channel breakdown

R228

G184

B196

Red228 (89.4%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue343.64°

Saturation (HSL)44.9%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G B8 · B C4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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