Colour

#E6BECC

#E6BECC
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E6BECC is a red with RGB values 230, 190, 204 and HSL 339°, 44%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E6BECC#E6BECC

HEX#E6BECC

RGBrgb(230, 190, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7451, 0.8

RGB percentages90.2%, 74.5%, 80%

HSLhsl(339, 44.4%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339, 17.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 17.4%, 11.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,122,124

CSS custom property--colour: #E6BECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#194133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2C5CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCBCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.3 Pink · ΔE 9.5 Light pink · ΔE 13.3 Misty rose · ΔE 15.6 Silver · ΔE 16.9 Light grey · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEE6D8

Analogous#E6BEE0, #E6C4BE

Triadic#CCE6BE, #BECCE6

Split complementary#BEE6C4, #BEE0E6

Tetradic#E0E6BE, #BEE6D8, #C4BEE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4E3E9

Darker −10%#D899AF

Darker −20%#CA7492

Darker −30%#BB4F75

Darker −40%#9C3C5E

More saturated +25%#F1B3C9

Less saturated −25%#DBC9CF

Channel breakdown

R230

G190

B204

Red230 (90.2%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue339°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G BE · B CC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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