Recognised as Colour

#E6C4C5

#E6C4C5
Red
Light
Nearest: Misty rose

#E6C4C5 is a red with RGB values 230, 196, 197 and HSL 358°, 40%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

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HEX#E6C4C5

RGBrgb(230, 196, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7686, 0.7725

RGB percentages90.2%, 76.9%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(358.2, 40.5%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.2, 14.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 14.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,123,653

CSS custom property--colour: #E6C4C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#193B3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9C8C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1CEC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EEC1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 11.2 Pink · ΔE 12.1 Light grey · ΔE 13.1 Thistle · ΔE 13.4 Silver · ΔE 13.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C4E6E5

Analogous#E6C4D6, #E6D4C4

Triadic#C5E6C4, #C4C5E6

Split complementary#C4E6D4, #C4D6E6

Tetradic#D6E6C4, #C4E6E5, #D4C4E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5E8E8

Darker −10%#D7A0A2

Darker −20%#C87C7F

Darker −30%#B8595B

Darker −40%#9C4245

More saturated +25%#F1BABB

Less saturated −25%#DCCFCF

Channel breakdown

R230

G196

B197

Red230 (90.2%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue358.24°

Saturation (HSL)40.48%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G C4 · B C5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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