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Recognised as Colour

#E78FA9

  • #E78FA9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E78FA9 is a red with RGB values 231, 143, 169 and HSL 342°, 65%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E78FA9#E78FA9
HEX#E78FA9
RGBrgb(231, 143, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5608, 0.6627
RGB percentages90.6%, 56.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(342.3, 64.7%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.3, 38.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 38.1%, 26.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,175,593
CSS custom property--colour: #E78FA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#187056

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9FAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1AFA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F58998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 12.4Light pink · ΔE 15.4Pink · ΔE 19.3Light coral · ΔE 20.2Rosy brown · ΔE 21.2Plum · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FE7CD
Analogous#E78FD5, #E7A18F
Triadic#A9E78F, #8FA9E7
Split complementary#8FE7A1, #8FD5E7
Tetradic#D5E78F, #8FE7CD, #A18FE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E3EA
Lighter +10%#F0B9C9
Darker −10%#DE6589
Darker −20%#D53B69
Darker −30%#B62751
Darker −40%#8C1E3F
More saturated +25%#F87EA2
Less saturated −25%#D6A0B0

Channel breakdown

R231
G143
B169
Red231 (90.6%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue342.27°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 8F · B A9

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