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Recognised as Colour

#E69B9D

  • #E69B9D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E69B9D is a red with RGB values 230, 155, 157 and HSL 358°, 60%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E69B9D#E69B9D
HEX#E69B9D
RGBrgb(230, 155, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6078, 0.6157
RGB percentages90.2%, 60.8%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(358.4, 60%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 32.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 32.6%, 31.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,113,117
CSS custom property--colour: #E69B9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#196462

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A69Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBB49Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F4939Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.1Rosy brown · ΔE 14.2Pink · ΔE 14.7Dark salmon · ΔE 17.3Light coral · ΔE 17.9Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE6E4
Analogous#E69BC3, #E6BE9B
Triadic#9DE69B, #9B9DE6
Split complementary#9BE6BE, #9BC3E6
Tetradic#C3E69B, #9BE6E4, #BE9BE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAEDED
Lighter +10%#F0C4C5
Darker −10%#DC7275
Darker −20%#D2494D
Darker −30%#BA2E32
Darker −40%#912427
More saturated +25%#F68B8E
Less saturated −25%#D6ABAC

Channel breakdown

R230
G155
B157
Red230 (90.2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue358.4°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G 9B · B 9D

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