Recognised as Colour

#E5B9BD

#E5B9BD
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E5B9BD is a red with RGB values 229, 185, 189 and HSL 355°, 46%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E5B9BD#E5B9BD

HEX#E5B9BD

RGBrgb(229, 185, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7255, 0.7412

RGB percentages89.8%, 72.5%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(354.5, 45.8%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.5, 19.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 19.2%, 17.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,055,293

CSS custom property--colour: #E5B9BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1A4642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0BFBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC7BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EEB6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 9 Light pink · ΔE 11.8 Thistle · ΔE 13.6 Misty rose · ΔE 15.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.7 Silver · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9E5E1

Analogous#E5B9D3, #E5CBB9

Triadic#BDE5B9, #B9BDE5

Split complementary#B9E5CB, #B9D3E5

Tetradic#D3E5B9, #B9E5E1, #CBB9E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3DEE0

Darker −10%#D7949A

Darker −20%#C96F77

Darker −30%#BC4954

Darker −40%#993942

More saturated +25%#F1ADB3

Less saturated −25%#D9C5C7

Channel breakdown

R229

G185

B189

Red229 (89.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue354.55°

Saturation (HSL)45.83%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G B9 · B BD

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