Colour

#E6B8B8

#E6B8B8
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E6B8B8 is a red with RGB values 230, 184, 184 and HSL 0°, 48%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E6B8B8#E6B8B8

HEX#E6B8B8

RGBrgb(230, 184, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7216, 0.7216

RGB percentages90.2%, 72.2%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(0, 47.9%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 20%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 20%, 20%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,120,568

CSS custom property--colour: #E6B8B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#194747

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0BEB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBC6B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B4B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 9.5 Light pink · ΔE 11.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2 Thistle · ΔE 15.9 Misty rose · ΔE 16 Silver · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E6E6

Analogous#E6B8CF, #E6CFB8

Triadic#B8E6B8, #B8B8E6

Split complementary#B8E6CF, #B8CFE6

Tetradic#CFE6B8, #B8E6E6, #CFB8E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3DEDE

Darker −10%#D99292

Darker −20%#CB6D6D

Darker −30%#BE4747

Darker −40%#9B3737

More saturated +25%#F2ACAC

Less saturated −25%#DAC4C4

Channel breakdown

R230

G184

B184

Red230 (90.2%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)47.92%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G B8 · B B8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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