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Recognised as Colour

#E5969F

  • #E5969F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E5969F is a red with RGB values 229, 150, 159 and HSL 353°, 60%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E5969F#E5969F
HEX#E5969F
RGBrgb(229, 150, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5882, 0.6235
RGB percentages89.8%, 58.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(353.2, 60.3%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 34.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.5%, 30.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,046,303
CSS custom property--colour: #E5969F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#1A6960

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B19Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F38F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.6Rosy brown · ΔE 15.3Pink · ΔE 15.6Light coral · ΔE 17.4Pale violetred · ΔE 19Dark salmon · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E5DC
Analogous#E596C7, #E5B496
Triadic#9FE596, #969FE5
Split complementary#96E5B4, #96C7E5
Tetradic#C7E596, #96E5DC, #B496E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E8EA
Lighter +10%#EFBFC4
Darker −10%#DB6D7A
Darker −20%#D14454
Darker −30%#B52D3C
Darker −40%#8C232F
More saturated +25%#F58692
Less saturated −25%#D5A6AC

Channel breakdown

R229
G150
B159
Red229 (89.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue353.16°
Saturation (HSL)60.31%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 96 · B 9F

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