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Recognised as Colour

#E79EA2

  • #E79EA2
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#E79EA2 is a red with RGB values 231, 158, 162 and HSL 357°, 60%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E79EA2#E79EA2
HEX#E79EA2
RGBrgb(231, 158, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6196, 0.6353
RGB percentages90.6%, 62%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(356.7, 60.3%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.7, 31.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 31.6%, 29.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,179,426
CSS custom property--colour: #E79EA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#18615D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA9A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB7A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F597A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.6Pink · ΔE 13.2Rosy brown · ΔE 14Dark salmon · ΔE 18.9Light coral · ΔE 19.4Pale violetred · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EE7E3
Analogous#E79EC6, #E7BF9E
Triadic#A2E79E, #9EA2E7
Split complementary#9EE7BF, #9EC6E7
Tetradic#C6E79E, #9EE7E3, #BF9EE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF0F0
Lighter +10%#F1C7C9
Darker −10%#DD757B
Darker −20%#D34C54
Darker −30%#BD2F37
Darker −40%#94252B
More saturated +25%#F68F95
Less saturated −25%#D8ADAF

Channel breakdown

R231
G158
B162
Red231 (90.6%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue356.71°
Saturation (HSL)60.33%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G 9E · B A2

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