Colour

#E5C6CE

#E5C6CE
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5C6CE is a red with RGB values 229, 198, 206 and HSL 345°, 37%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5C6CE#E5C6CE

HEX#E5C6CE

RGBrgb(229, 198, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7765, 0.8078

RGB percentages89.8%, 77.6%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(344.5, 37.3%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 13.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 10%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,058,638

CSS custom property--colour: #E5C6CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#1A3931

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9CBCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EBC5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.7 Misty rose · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 12.4 Pink · ΔE 12.4 Silver · ΔE 13.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6E5DD

Analogous#E5C6DE, #E5CEC6

Triadic#CEE5C6, #C6CEE5

Split complementary#C6E5CE, #C6DEE5

Tetradic#DEE5C6, #C6E5DD, #CEC6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5E9EC

Darker −10%#D5A3B0

Darker −20%#C58092

Darker −30%#B55D74

Darker −40%#99465B

More saturated +25%#EFBCC9

Less saturated −25%#DBD0D3

Channel breakdown

R229

G198

B206

Red229 (89.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue344.52°

Saturation (HSL)37.35%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G C6 · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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