Recognised as Colour

#E6B8BC

#E6B8BC
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E6B8BC is a red with RGB values 230, 184, 188 and HSL 355°, 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

#E6B8BC#E6B8BC

HEX#E6B8BC

RGBrgb(230, 184, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7216, 0.7373

RGB percentages90.2%, 72.2%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(354.8, 47.9%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.8, 20%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 20%, 18.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,120,572

CSS custom property--colour: #E6B8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1

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

Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#194743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFBEBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC6BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EFB4B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 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 text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 8.5 Light pink · ΔE 11 Thistle · ΔE 14.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.5 Misty rose · ΔE 16.1 Silver · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E6E2

Analogous#E6B8D3, #E6CBB8

Triadic#BCE6B8, #B8BCE6

Split complementary#B8E6CB, #B8D3E6

Tetradic#D3E6B8, #B8E6E2, #CBB8E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3DEE0

Darker −10%#D99298

Darker −20%#CB6D75

Darker −30%#BE4751

Darker −40%#9B373F

More saturated +25%#F2ACB2

Less saturated −25%#DAC4C6

Channel breakdown

R230

G184

B188

Red230 (90.2%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue354.78°

Saturation (HSL)47.92%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G B8 · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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