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Recognised as Colour

#E56CAA

  • #E56CAA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#E56CAA is a magenta with RGB values 229, 108, 170 and HSL 329°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#E56CAA#E56CAA
HEX#E56CAA
RGBrgb(229, 108, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4235, 0.6667
RGB percentages89.8%, 42.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(329.3, 69.9%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(329.3, 52.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 52.8%, 25.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,035,562
CSS custom property--colour: #E56CAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#1A9355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A88ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9DA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F36884no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 11.1Pale violetred · ΔE 13.9Orchid · ΔE 23.8Medium violet red · ΔE 24.7Plum · ΔE 26.6Violet · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CE5A7
Analogous#E46CE5, #E56C6D
Triadic#AAE56C, #6CAAE5
Split complementary#6DE56C, #6CE5E3
Tetradic#E5E36C, #6CE5A7, #6C6EE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCEEF5
Lighter +20%#F4C3DC
Lighter +10%#ED97C3
Darker −10%#DD4191
Darker −20%#C82378
Darker −30%#9C1C5E
Darker −40%#711444
More saturated +25%#FB56AB
Less saturated −25%#CF82A9

Channel breakdown

R229
G108
B170
Red229 (89.8%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue329.26°
Saturation (HSL)69.94%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 6C · B AA

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