Recognised as Colour

#E5B3CB

#E5B3CB
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5B3CB is a red with RGB values 229, 179, 203 and HSL 331°, 49%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5B3CB#E5B3CB

HEX#E5B3CB

RGBrgb(229, 179, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.702, 0.7961

RGB percentages89.8%, 70.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(331.2, 49%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.2, 21.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 21.8%, 11.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,053,771

CSS custom property--colour: #E5B3CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#1A4C34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7BCCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2C4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#ECB2BBno 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 text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.8 Pink · ΔE 10.4 Light pink · ΔE 12.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 19.2 Plum · ΔE 20.5 Misty rose · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3E5CD

Analogous#E5B3E4, #E5B4B3

Triadic#CBE5B3, #B3CBE5

Split complementary#B3E5B4, #B3E4E5

Tetradic#E4E5B3, #B3E5CD, #B4B3E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2D9E5

Darker −10%#D88DB1

Darker −20%#CB6797

Darker −30%#BE417D

Darker −40%#983464

More saturated +25%#F2A6CA

Less saturated −25%#D8C0CC

Channel breakdown

R229

G179

B203

Red229 (89.8%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue331.2°

Saturation (HSL)49.02%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G B3 · B CB

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Colour values

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