Recognised as Colour

#E6C9C8

#E6C9C8
Red
Light
Nearest: Misty rose

#E6C9C8 is a red with RGB values 230, 201, 200 and HSL 2°, 38%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

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HEX#E6C9C8

RGBrgb(230, 201, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7882, 0.7843

RGB percentages90.2%, 78.8%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(2, 37.5%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2, 13%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 12.6%, 13%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,124,936

CSS custom property--colour: #E6C9C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.55:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#193637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CECDC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D2C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC6C9no 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 text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 9.4 Light grey · ΔE 10.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8 Silver · ΔE 12.2 Pink · ΔE 14.2 Thistle · ΔE 14.2

Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8E5E6

Analogous#E6C8D6, #E6D8C8

Triadic#C8E6C9, #C9C8E6

Split complementary#C8E6D8, #C8D6E6

Tetradic#D6E6C8, #C8E5E6, #D8C8E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6EBEB

Darker −10%#D6A7A5

Darker −20%#C68482

Darker −30%#B6625F

Darker −40%#9B4947

More saturated +25%#F0C0BE

Less saturated −25%#DCD2D2

Channel breakdown

R230

G201

B200

Red230 (90.2%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue2°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness84.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G C9 · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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