Recognised as Colour

#E68BAB

#E68BAB
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#E68BAB is a red with RGB values 230, 139, 171 and HSL 339°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E68BAB#E68BAB

HEX#E68BAB

RGBrgb(230, 139, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.5451, 0.6706

RGB percentages90.2%, 54.5%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(338.9, 64.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.9, 39.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 39.6%, 25.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,109,035

CSS custom property--colour: #E68BAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#197454

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#979CACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADACA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#F48696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 10.5 Light pink · ΔE 18.1 Plum · ΔE 21.6 Pink · ΔE 21.8 Light coral · ΔE 22 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BE6C6

Analogous#E68BD8, #E6998B

Triadic#ABE68B, #8BABE6

Split complementary#8BE699, #8BD8E6

Tetradic#D8E68B, #8BE6C6, #998BE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8DFE8

Lighter +10%#EFB5C9

Darker −10%#DD618D

Darker −20%#D4376E

Darker −30%#B22657

Darker −40%#881D43

More saturated +25%#F879A6

Less saturated −25%#D49DB0

Channel breakdown

R230

G139

B171

Red230 (90.2%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue338.9°

Saturation (HSL)64.54%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G 8B · B AB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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