Recognised as Colour

#E5C3CB

#E5C3CB
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5C3CB is a red with RGB values 229, 195, 203 and HSL 346°, 40%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5C3CB#E5C3CB

HEX#E5C3CB

RGBrgb(229, 195, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7647, 0.7961

RGB percentages89.8%, 76.5%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(345.9, 39.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.9, 14.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 11.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,057,867

CSS custom property--colour: #E5C3CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#1A3C34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7C8CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFCECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ECC1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.9 Pink · ΔE 11.3 Misty rose · ΔE 12.5 Light grey · ΔE 13.6 Silver · ΔE 14 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3E5DD

Analogous#E5C3DC, #E5CCC3

Triadic#CBE5C3, #C3CBE5

Split complementary#C3E5CC, #C3DCE5

Tetradic#DCE5C3, #C3E5DD, #CCC3E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4E7EA

Darker −10%#D69FAC

Darker −20%#C67C8D

Darker −30%#B7586E

Darker −40%#994357

More saturated +25%#F0B8C5

Less saturated −25%#DACED1

Channel breakdown

R229

G195

B203

Red229 (89.8%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue345.88°

Saturation (HSL)39.53%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G C3 · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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