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Recognised as Colour

#E59DBE

  • #E59DBE
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E59DBE is a red with RGB values 229, 157, 190 and HSL 333°, 58%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E59DBE#E59DBE
HEX#E59DBE
RGBrgb(229, 157, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6157, 0.7451
RGB percentages89.8%, 61.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(332.5, 58.1%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.5, 31.4%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 31.4%, 17%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,048,126
CSS custom property--colour: #E59DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#1A6241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3ABBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EF9BA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 14.4Plum · ΔE 16Pink · ΔE 16.3Pale violetred · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 20.1Rosy brown · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DE5C4
Analogous#E59DE2, #E5A09D
Triadic#BEE59D, #9DBEE5
Split complementary#9DE5A0, #9DE2E5
Tetradic#E2E59D, #9DE5C4, #A09DE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAEEF3
Lighter +10%#F0C5D9
Darker −10%#DA75A3
Darker −20%#D04C89
Darker −30%#B8316F
Darker −40%#902657
More saturated +25%#F58EBD
Less saturated −25%#D6ADBF

Channel breakdown

R229
G157
B190
Red229 (89.8%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue332.5°
Saturation (HSL)58.06%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G 9D · B BE

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