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Recognised as Colour

#E6A49F

  • #E6A49F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E6A49F is a red with RGB values 230, 164, 159 and HSL 4°, 59%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E6A49F#E6A49F
HEX#E6A49F
RGBrgb(230, 164, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6431, 0.6235
RGB percentages90.2%, 64.3%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(4.2, 58.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.2, 30.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 28.7%, 30.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,115,423
CSS custom property--colour: #E6A49F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#195B60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1AD9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1B99Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F49CA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.3Rosy brown · ΔE 13.2Pink · ΔE 13.6Dark salmon · ΔE 16.4Light coral · ΔE 21.7Tan · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FE1E6
Analogous#E69FBD, #E6C89F
Triadic#9FE6A4, #A49FE6
Split complementary#9FE6C8, #9FBDE6
Tetradic#BDE69F, #9FE1E6, #C89FE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF1F0
Lighter +10%#F1CAC7
Darker −10%#DB7E77
Darker −20%#D1574E
Darker −30%#BB3B31
Darker −40%#932E26
More saturated +25%#F59790
Less saturated −25%#D7B1AE

Channel breakdown

R230
G164
B159
Red230 (90.2%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue4.23°
Saturation (HSL)58.68%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G A4 · B 9F

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