Recognised as Colour

#E59FA9

#E59FA9
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E59FA9 is a red with RGB values 229, 159, 169 and HSL 351°, 57%, 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

#E59FA9#E59FA9

HEX#E59FA9

RGBrgb(229, 159, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6235, 0.6627

RGB percentages89.8%, 62.4%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(351.4, 57.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 30.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 30.6%, 26.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,048,617

CSS custom property--colour: #E59FA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#1A6056

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAAAA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBB7A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F299A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.6 Pink · ΔE 11.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 13.7 Thistle · ΔE 21.7 Light coral · ΔE 21.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FE5DB

Analogous#E59FCC, #E5B89F

Triadic#A9E59F, #9FA9E5

Split complementary#9FE5B8, #9FCCE5

Tetradic#CCE59F, #9FE5DB, #B89FE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBEFF1

Lighter +10%#F0C7CD

Darker −10%#DA7785

Darker −20%#CF4F61

Darker −30%#B93245

Darker −40%#912736

More saturated +25%#F4909E

Less saturated −25%#D6AEB4

Channel breakdown

R229

G159

B169

Red229 (89.8%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue351.43°

Saturation (HSL)57.38%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 9F · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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