Recognised as Colour

#E5B6C9

#E5B6C9
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E5B6C9 is a red with RGB values 229, 182, 201 and HSL 336°, 47%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E5B6C9#E5B6C9

HEX#E5B6C9

RGBrgb(229, 182, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7137, 0.7882

RGB percentages89.8%, 71.4%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(335.7, 47.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.7, 20.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 20.5%, 12.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,054,537

CSS custom property--colour: #E5B6C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#1A4936

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BABECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C6C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#EDB5BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 9.1 Thistle · ΔE 9.2 Light pink · ΔE 11.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.1 Misty rose · ΔE 19.6 Silver · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6E5D2

Analogous#E5B6E1, #E5BBB6

Triadic#C9E5B6, #B6C9E5

Split complementary#B6E5BB, #B6E1E5

Tetradic#E1E5B6, #B6E5D2, #BBB6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DCE5

Darker −10%#D890AD

Darker −20%#CA6B91

Darker −30%#BD4576

Darker −40%#99365E

More saturated +25%#F1AAC7

Less saturated −25%#D9C2CB

Channel breakdown

R229

G182

B201

Red229 (89.8%)

Green182 (71.4%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue335.74°

Saturation (HSL)47.47%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G B6 · B C9

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