Recognised as Colour

#E5B6BD

#E5B6BD
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E5B6BD is a red with RGB values 229, 182, 189 and HSL 351°, 47%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E5B6BD#E5B6BD

HEX#E5B6BD

RGBrgb(229, 182, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7137, 0.7412

RGB percentages89.8%, 71.4%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(351.1, 47.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.1, 20.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 20.5%, 17.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,054,525

CSS custom property--colour: #E5B6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53788WCAG 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 11.76:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#1A4942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDBDBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8C5BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EEB3B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 8.1 Light pink · ΔE 10.5 Thistle · ΔE 13.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2 Misty rose · ΔE 17.2 Silver · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6E5DE

Analogous#E5B6D5, #E5C7B6

Triadic#BDE5B6, #B6BDE5

Split complementary#B6E5C7, #B6D5E5

Tetradic#D5E5B6, #B6E5DE, #C6B6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DCDF

Darker −10%#D8909B

Darker −20%#CA6B79

Darker −30%#BD4557

Darker −40%#993645

More saturated +25%#F1AAB4

Less saturated −25%#D9C2C6

Channel breakdown

R229

G182

B189

Red229 (89.8%)

Green182 (71.4%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue351.06°

Saturation (HSL)47.47%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G B6 · B BD

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Channel breakdown

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