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Recognised as Colour

#E59596

  • #E59596
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E59596 is a red with RGB values 229, 149, 150 and HSL 359°, 61%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E59596#E59596
HEX#E59596
RGBrgb(229, 149, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5843, 0.5882
RGB percentages89.8%, 58.4%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(359.3, 60.6%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 34.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.9%, 34.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,038
CSS custom property--colour: #E59596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1A6A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A196no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B095no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F48C96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.5Light coral · ΔE 15.1Rosy brown · ΔE 15.5Dark salmon · ΔE 15.8Pink · ΔE 17.5Pale violetred · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95E5E4
Analogous#E595BE, #E5BC95
Triadic#96E595, #9596E5
Split complementary#95E5BC, #95BEE5
Tetradic#BEE595, #95E5E4, #BC95E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E7E7
Lighter +10%#EFBEBF
Darker −10%#DB6C6D
Darker −20%#D14345
Darker −30%#B52C2E
Darker −40%#8C2224
More saturated +25%#F68586
Less saturated −25%#D5A6A6

Channel breakdown

R229
G149
B150
Red229 (89.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue359.25°
Saturation (HSL)60.61%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 95 · B 96

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