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Recognised as Colour

#E6488E

  • #E6488E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#E6488E is a red with RGB values 230, 72, 142 and HSL 333°, 76%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#E6488E#E6488E
HEX#E6488E
RGBrgb(230, 72, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.2824, 0.5569
RGB percentages90.2%, 28.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(333.4, 76%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.4, 68.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 68.7%, 38.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,091,854
CSS custom property--colour: #E6488E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#19B771

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#667290no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#91908Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F83765no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 12.2Medium violet red · ΔE 16.3Deep pink · ΔE 18.6Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5Orchid · ΔE 33.1Indian red · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48E6A0
Analogous#E648DD, #E65148
Triadic#8EE648, #488EE6
Split complementary#48E651, #48DDE6
Tetradic#DDE648, #48E6A0, #5148E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFBFD
Lighter +30%#F8CFE1
Lighter +20%#F2A2C5
Lighter +10%#EC75AA
Darker −10%#DD1E73
Darker −20%#B0185B
Darker −30%#831244
Darker −40%#560C2D
More saturated +25%#FF2F8B
Less saturated −25%#CC6291

Channel breakdown

R230
G72
B142
Red230 (90.2%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue333.42°
Saturation (HSL)75.96%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 48 · B 8E

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