Recognised as Colour

#E59199

#E59199
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E59199 is a red with RGB values 229, 145, 153 and HSL 354°, 62%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

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HEX#E59199

RGBrgb(229, 145, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5686, 0.6

RGB percentages89.8%, 56.9%, 60%

HSLhsl(354.3, 61.8%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 36.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 36.7%, 33.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,045,017

CSS custom property--colour: #E59199;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.84:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#1A6E66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09E99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4AE97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F48994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.7 Light coral · ΔE 14.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.6 Pink · ΔE 18 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#91E5DD

Analogous#E591C3, #E5B391

Triadic#99E591, #9199E5

Split complementary#91E5B3, #91C3E5

Tetradic#C3E591, #91E5DD, #B391E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E4E6

Lighter +10%#EFBABF

Darker −10%#DB6873

Darker −20%#D23F4D

Darker −30%#B32A37

Darker −40%#8A202B

More saturated +25%#F6808B

Less saturated −25%#D4A2A7

Channel breakdown

R229

G145

B153

Red229 (89.8%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue354.29°

Saturation (HSL)61.76%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 91 · B 99

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