Colour

#E6AA9D

#E6AA9D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#E6AA9D is a red with RGB values 230, 170, 157 and HSL 11°, 59%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E6AA9D#E6AA9D

HEX#E6AA9D

RGBrgb(230, 170, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6667, 0.6157

RGB percentages90.2%, 66.7%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(10.7, 59.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.7, 31.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 26.1%, 31.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,116,957

CSS custom property--colour: #E6AA9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#195562

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7B19Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5BD9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Tritanopia#F4A2A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 14.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.6 Pink · ΔE 15.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 15.5 Tan · ΔE 17.8 Peach puff · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DD9E6

Analogous#E69DB5, #E6CE9D

Triadic#9DE6AA, #AA9DE6

Split complementary#9DE6CF, #9DB4E6

Tetradic#B5E69D, #9DD9E6, #CF9DE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF0EE

Lighter +10%#F0CDC6

Darker −10%#DC8774

Darker −20%#D1644C

Darker −30%#BA4830

Darker −40%#923925

More saturated +25%#F5A08E

Less saturated −25%#D7B4AC

Channel breakdown

R230

G170

B157

Red230 (90.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue10.68°

Saturation (HSL)59.35%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G AA · B 9D

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Colour values

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