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Recognised as Colour

#E6A29E

  • #E6A29E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E6A29E is a red with RGB values 230, 162, 158 and HSL 3°, 59%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E6A29E#E6A29E
HEX#E6A29E
RGBrgb(230, 162, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6353, 0.6196
RGB percentages90.2%, 63.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(3.3, 59%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.3, 31.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 29.6%, 31.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,114,910
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A29E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#195D61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAB9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB89Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F49AA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.3Rosy brown · ΔE 13.3Pink · ΔE 13.8Dark salmon · ΔE 16.2Light coral · ΔE 20.7Tan · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EE2E6
Analogous#E69EBE, #E6C69E
Triadic#9EE6A2, #A29EE6
Split complementary#9EE6C6, #9EBEE6
Tetradic#BEE69E, #9EE2E6, #C69EE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF0EF
Lighter +10%#F0C9C7
Darker −10%#DC7B75
Darker −20%#D1544D
Darker −30%#BB3830
Darker −40%#922C26
More saturated +25%#F5948F
Less saturated −25%#D7B0AD

Channel breakdown

R230
G162
B158
Red230 (90.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue3.33°
Saturation (HSL)59.02%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A2 · B 9E

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