Recognised as Colour

#E4B8CB

#E4B8CB
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E4B8CB is a red with RGB values 228, 184, 203 and HSL 334°, 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 Thistle.

Colour values

#E4B8CB#E4B8CB

HEX#E4B8CB

RGBrgb(228, 184, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7216, 0.7961

RGB percentages89.4%, 72.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(334.1, 44.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.1, 19.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 19.3%, 11%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,989,515

CSS custom property--colour: #E4B8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1B4734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC0CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C7CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EBB7BEno 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 text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8 Pink · ΔE 9.8 Light pink · ΔE 12.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.6 Misty rose · ΔE 18.9 Silver · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E4D1

Analogous#E4B8E1, #E4BBB8

Triadic#CBE4B8, #B8CBE4

Split complementary#B8E4BB, #B8E1E4

Tetradic#E1E4B8, #B8E4D1, #BBB8E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DDE6

Darker −10%#D693B0

Darker −20%#C86E95

Darker −30%#BA497A

Darker −40%#973962

More saturated +25%#F0ACC9

Less saturated −25%#D8C4CD

Channel breakdown

R228

G184

B203

Red228 (89.4%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue334.09°

Saturation (HSL)44.9%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G B8 · B CB

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Colour values

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