Recognised as Colour

#E59FAF

#E59FAF
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E59FAF is a red with RGB values 229, 159, 175 and HSL 346°, 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

#E59FAF#E59FAF

HEX#E59FAF

RGBrgb(229, 159, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6235, 0.6863

RGB percentages89.8%, 62.4%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(346.3, 57.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.3, 30.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 30.6%, 23.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,048,623

CSS custom property--colour: #E59FAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1

Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#1A6050

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9ABAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAB7AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#F19AA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.9 Pink · ΔE 11.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 15 Thistle · ΔE 20.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.1 Light coral · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FE5D5

Analogous#E59FD2, #E5B29F

Triadic#AFE59F, #9FAFE5

Split complementary#9FE5B2, #9FD2E5

Tetradic#D2E59F, #9FE5D5, #B29FE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBEFF2

Lighter +10%#F0C7D0

Darker −10%#DA778E

Darker −20%#CF4F6C

Darker −30%#B93251

Darker −40%#91273F

More saturated +25%#F490A7

Less saturated −25%#D6AEB7

Channel breakdown

R229

G159

B175

Red229 (89.8%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue346.29°

Saturation (HSL)57.38%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G 9F · B AF

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