Recognised as Colour

#E5BBCD

#E5BBCD
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5BBCD is a red with RGB values 229, 187, 205 and HSL 334°, 45%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5BBCD#E5BBCD

HEX#E5BBCD

RGBrgb(229, 187, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7333, 0.8039

RGB percentages89.8%, 73.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(334.3, 44.7%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.3, 18.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 18.3%, 10.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,055,821

CSS custom property--colour: #E5BBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.32:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1A4432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC2CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8C9CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.5 Pink · ΔE 9.8 Light pink · ΔE 13.1 Misty rose · ΔE 17.7 Silver · ΔE 18.4 Light grey · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBE5D3

Analogous#E5BBE2, #E5BEBB

Triadic#CDE5BB, #BBCDE5

Split complementary#BBE5BE, #BBE2E5

Tetradic#E2E5BB, #BBE5D3, #BEBBE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3E0E8

Darker −10%#D796B2

Darker −20%#C97197

Darker −30%#BB4C7C

Darker −40%#993B63

More saturated +25%#F1AFCB

Less saturated −25%#D9C7CF

Channel breakdown

R229

G187

B205

Red229 (89.8%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue334.29°

Saturation (HSL)44.68%

Lightness81.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G BB · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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