Recognised as Colour

#E6487C

#E6487C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Hot pink

#E6487C is a red with RGB values 230, 72, 124 and HSL 340°, 76%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

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HEX#E6487C

RGBrgb(230, 72, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.2824, 0.4863

RGB percentages90.2%, 28.2%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(340.3, 76%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.3, 68.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 68.7%, 46.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,091,836

CSS custom property--colour: #E6487C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.58:1

Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#19B783

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B707Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#958F78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FA2F5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 19.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.3 Deep pink · ΔE 23.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 24.5 Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Light coral · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 19.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48E6B2

Analogous#E648CB, #E66348

Triadic#7CE648, #487CE6

Split complementary#48E663, #48CBE6

Tetradic#CBE648, #48E6B2, #6348E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBFC

Lighter +30%#F8CFDC

Lighter +20%#F2A2BC

Lighter +10%#EC759C

Darker −10%#DD1E5D

Darker −20%#B0184A

Darker −30%#831237

Darker −40%#560C24

More saturated +25%#FF2F73

Less saturated −25%#CC6285

Channel breakdown

R230

G72

B124

Red230 (90.2%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue340.25°

Saturation (HSL)75.96%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 48 · B 7C

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