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Recognised as Colour

#E79BAD

  • #E79BAD
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E79BAD is a red with RGB values 231, 155, 173 and HSL 346°, 61%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E79BAD#E79BAD
HEX#E79BAD
RGBrgb(231, 155, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6078, 0.6784
RGB percentages90.6%, 60.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(345.8, 61.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.8, 32.9%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 32.9%, 25.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,178,669
CSS custom property--colour: #E79BAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#186452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A8AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B5ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F496A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 10Pink · ΔE 13.5Rosy brown · ΔE 16.6Pale violetred · ΔE 18.6Light coral · ΔE 21.8Thistle · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE7D5
Analogous#E79BD3, #E7AF9B
Triadic#ADE79B, #9BADE7
Split complementary#9BE7AF, #9BD3E7
Tetradic#D3E79B, #9BE7D5, #AF9BE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBEDF0
Lighter +10%#F1C4CF
Darker −10%#DD728B
Darker −20%#D3496A
Darker −30%#BC2D4F
Darker −40%#93233E
More saturated +25%#F68BA5
Less saturated −25%#D8ABB5

Channel breakdown

R231
G155
B173
Red231 (90.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue345.79°
Saturation (HSL)61.29%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 9B · B AD

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