Recognised as Colour

#E5BEC5

#E5BEC5
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E5BEC5 is a red with RGB values 229, 190, 197 and HSL 349°, 43%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E5BEC5#E5BEC5

HEX#E5BEC5

RGBrgb(229, 190, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7451, 0.7725

RGB percentages89.8%, 74.5%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(349.2, 42.9%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.2, 17%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 14%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,056,581

CSS custom property--colour: #E5BEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1A413A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3C4C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCCAC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 9.8 Thistle · ΔE 11.1 Light pink · ΔE 13.4 Misty rose · ΔE 14.1 Silver · ΔE 15.4 Light grey · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEE5DE

Analogous#E5BED8, #E5CBBE

Triadic#C5E5BE, #BEC5E5

Split complementary#BEE5CB, #BED8E5

Tetradic#D9E5BE, #BEE5DE, #CBBEE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4E2E6

Darker −10%#D69AA4

Darker −20%#C87584

Darker −30%#B95163

Darker −40%#9A3D4E

More saturated +25%#F0B3BE

Less saturated −25%#DAC9CC

Channel breakdown

R229

G190

B197

Red229 (89.8%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue349.23°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness82.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G BE · B C5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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