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Recognised as Colour

#E56986

  • #E56986
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E56986 is a red with RGB values 229, 105, 134 and HSL 346°, 70%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E56986#E56986
HEX#E56986
RGBrgb(229, 105, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4118, 0.5255
RGB percentages89.8%, 41.2%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(346, 70.5%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(346, 54.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 54.1%, 41.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,034,758
CSS custom property--colour: #E56986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#1A9679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818287no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19B83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F75B74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 9.1Light coral · ΔE 15.4Indian red · ΔE 17Salmon · ΔE 23.1Hot pink · ΔE 23.3Light pink · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E5C8
Analogous#E569C4, #E58A69
Triadic#86E569, #6986E5
Split complementary#69E58A, #69C4E5
Tetradic#C4E569, #69E5C8, #8A69E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEBEF
Lighter +20%#F4C0CC
Lighter +10%#ED94A9
Darker −10%#DD3E63
Darker −20%#C62248
Darker −30%#9A1B39
Darker −40%#6F1329
More saturated +25%#FB537A
Less saturated −25%#CF7F92

Channel breakdown

R229
G105
B134
Red229 (89.8%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue345.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.45%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 69 · B 86

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