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Recognised as Colour

#E6517C

  • #E6517C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E6517C is a red with RGB values 230, 81, 124 and HSL 343°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E6517C#E6517C
HEX#E6517C
RGBrgb(230, 81, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.3176, 0.4863
RGB percentages90.2%, 31.8%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(342.7, 74.9%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.7, 64.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 64.8%, 46.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,094,140
CSS custom property--colour: #E6517C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#19AE83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#71747Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#989278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F93B62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 17.5Hot pink · ΔE 20.9Indian red · ΔE 21.6Light coral · ΔE 23.6Deep pink · ΔE 27.3Medium violet red · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 17.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51E6BB
Analogous#E651C7, #E67051
Triadic#7CE651, #517CE6
Split complementary#51E670, #51C7E6
Tetradic#C7E651, #51E6BB, #7051E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9D7E1
Lighter +20%#F3AABF
Lighter +10%#EC7E9E
Darker −10%#E0245A
Darker −20%#B71A47
Darker −30%#8A1436
Darker −40%#5E0D25
More saturated +25%#FF3871
Less saturated −25%#CD6A87

Channel breakdown

R230
G81
B124
Red230 (90.2%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue342.68°
Saturation (HSL)74.87%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 51 · B 7C

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