Recognised as Colour

#E5979D

#E5979D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E5979D is a red with RGB values 229, 151, 157 and HSL 355°, 60%, 75%. 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

#E5979D#E5979D

HEX#E5979D

RGBrgb(229, 151, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5922, 0.6157

RGB percentages89.8%, 59.2%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(355.4, 60%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.4, 34.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 34.1%, 31.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,046,557

CSS custom property--colour: #E5979D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#1A6862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A39Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8B29Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F38F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.9 Pink · ΔE 15.6 Light coral · ΔE 17.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97E5DF

Analogous#E597C4, #E5B897

Triadic#9DE597, #979DE5

Split complementary#97E5B8, #97C4E5

Tetradic#C4E597, #97E5DF, #B897E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9E9EA

Lighter +10%#EFC0C3

Darker −10%#DB6E77

Darker −20%#D14550

Darker −30%#B62D38

Darker −40%#8D232B

More saturated +25%#F5878F

Less saturated −25%#D5A7AB

Channel breakdown

R229

G151

B157

Red229 (89.8%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue355.38°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 97 · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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