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Recognised as Colour

#E78CA9

  • #E78CA9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E78CA9 is a red with RGB values 231, 140, 169 and HSL 341°, 65%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E78CA9#E78CA9
HEX#E78CA9
RGBrgb(231, 140, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.549, 0.6627
RGB percentages90.6%, 54.9%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(340.9, 65.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.9, 39.4%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.4%, 26.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,174,825
CSS custom property--colour: #E78CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#187356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999DAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFADA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F58696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 10.8Light pink · ΔE 17.1Light coral · ΔE 20.6Pink · ΔE 21Rosy brown · ΔE 22.8Plum · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 10.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CE7CA
Analogous#E78CD7, #E79D8C
Triadic#A9E78C, #8CA9E7
Split complementary#8CE79C, #8CD7E7
Tetradic#D7E78C, #8CE7CA, #9C8CE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E0E8
Lighter +10%#F0B6C9
Darker −10%#DE6289
Darker −20%#D5386A
Darker −30%#B42653
Darker −40%#8A1D40
More saturated +25%#F87BA3
Less saturated −25%#D69DAF

Channel breakdown

R231
G140
B169
Red231 (90.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue340.88°
Saturation (HSL)65.47%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 8C · B A9

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