Colour

#E5C3D2

#E5C3D2
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5C3D2 is a red with RGB values 229, 195, 210 and HSL 334°, 40%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5C3D2#E5C3D2

HEX#E5C3D2

RGBrgb(229, 195, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7647, 0.8235

RGB percentages89.8%, 76.5%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(333.5, 39.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(333.5, 14.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 8.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,057,874

CSS custom property--colour: #E5C3D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#1A3C2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C9D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDCED1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EAC2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.6 Pink · ΔE 11.6 Misty rose · ΔE 14.4 Light grey · ΔE 15 Silver · ΔE 15.4 Light pink · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3E5D6

Analogous#E5C3E3, #E5C5C3

Triadic#D2E5C3, #C3D2E5

Split complementary#C3E5C5, #C3E3E5

Tetradic#E3E5C3, #C3E5D6, #C5C3E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4E7ED

Darker −10%#D69FB7

Darker −20%#C67C9D

Darker −30%#B75882

Darker −40%#994369

More saturated +25%#F0B8D1

Less saturated −25%#DACED3

Channel breakdown

R229

G195

B210

Red229 (89.8%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue333.53°

Saturation (HSL)39.53%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G C3 · B D2

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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