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Recognised as Colour

#E796B9

  • #E796B9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#E796B9 is a red with RGB values 231, 150, 185 and HSL 334°, 63%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#E796B9#E796B9
HEX#E796B9
RGBrgb(231, 150, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5882, 0.7255
RGB percentages90.6%, 58.8%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(334.1, 62.8%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.1, 35.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 35.1%, 19.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,177,401
CSS custom property--colour: #E796B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#186946

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B3B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#F393A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 15.9Light pink · ΔE 16.2Plum · ΔE 16.9Pink · ΔE 18.9Rosy brown · ΔE 23.1Thistle · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 15.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E7C4
Analogous#E796E1, #E79C96
Triadic#B9E796, #96B9E7
Split complementary#96E79B, #96E1E7
Tetradic#E2E796, #96E7C4, #9C96E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE9F0
Lighter +10%#F0C0D5
Darker −10%#DE6C9D
Darker −20%#D44382
Darker −30%#BA2A68
Darker −40%#902151
More saturated +25%#F786B7
Less saturated −25%#D7A6BB

Channel breakdown

R231
G150
B185
Red231 (90.6%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue334.07°
Saturation (HSL)62.79%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 96 · B B9

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