Recognised as Colour

#E6BBB9

#E6BBB9
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E6BBB9 is a red with RGB values 230, 187, 185 and HSL 3°, 47%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E6BBB9#E6BBB9

HEX#E6BBB9

RGBrgb(230, 187, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7333, 0.7255

RGB percentages90.2%, 73.3%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(2.7, 47.4%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.7, 19.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 18.7%, 19.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,121,337

CSS custom property--colour: #E6BBB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#194446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3C0B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC8B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F0B7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 10.5 Light pink · ΔE 13.1 Misty rose · ΔE 14.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 16 Thistle · ΔE 16.2 Silver · ΔE 16.7

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9E4E6

Analogous#E6B9CE, #E6D1B9

Triadic#B9E6BB, #BBB9E6

Split complementary#B9E6D1, #B9CEE6

Tetradic#CEE6B9, #B9E4E6, #D1B9E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3E0DF

Darker −10%#D99693

Darker −20%#CB726E

Darker −30%#BE4D48

Darker −40%#9B3C38

More saturated +25%#F2B0AD

Less saturated −25%#DAC6C5

Channel breakdown

R230

G187

B185

Red230 (90.2%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue2.67°

Saturation (HSL)47.37%

Lightness81.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G BB · B B9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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