Recognised as Colour

#E4B8CE

#E4B8CE
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E4B8CE is a red with RGB values 228, 184, 206 and HSL 330°, 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

#E4B8CE#E4B8CE

HEX#E4B8CE

RGBrgb(228, 184, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7216, 0.8078

RGB percentages89.4%, 72.2%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(330, 44.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 19.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 19.3%, 9.6%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,989,518

CSS custom property--colour: #E4B8CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1B4731

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBC0CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C7CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#EBB8BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.5 Pink · ΔE 10.6 Light pink · ΔE 13.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 19.6 Misty rose · ΔE 19.8 Silver · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E4CE

Analogous#E4B8E4, #E4B8B8

Triadic#CEE4B8, #B8CEE4

Split complementary#B8E4B8, #B8E4E4

Tetradic#E4E4B8, #B8E4CE, #B8B8E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DDE8

Darker −10%#D693B4

Darker −20%#C86E9B

Darker −30%#BA4982

Darker −40%#973968

More saturated +25%#F0ACCE

Less saturated −25%#D8C4CE

Channel breakdown

R228

G184

B206

Red228 (89.4%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)44.9%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G B8 · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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