Recognised as Colour

#E7C9CE

#E7C9CE
Red
Light
Nearest: Misty rose

#E7C9CE is a red with RGB values 231, 201, 206 and HSL 350°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

#E7C9CE#E7C9CE

HEX#E7C9CE

RGBrgb(231, 201, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7882, 0.8078

RGB percentages90.6%, 78.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(350, 38.5%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 13%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 10.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,190,478

CSS custom property--colour: #E7C9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#183631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDCDCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 10.1 Thistle · ΔE 11.3 Light grey · ΔE 11.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.2 Silver · ΔE 12.8 Pink · ΔE 12.9

Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C9E7E2

Analogous#E7C9DD, #E7D3C9

Triadic#CEE7C9, #C9CEE7

Split complementary#C9E7D3, #C9DDE7

Tetradic#DDE7C9, #C9E7E2, #D3C9E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7ECEE

Darker −10%#D7A6AE

Darker −20%#C8828E

Darker −30%#B85F6E

Darker −40%#9E4655

More saturated +25%#F1BFC8

Less saturated −25%#DDD3D4

Channel breakdown

R231

G201

B206

Red231 (90.6%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue350°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness84.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G C9 · B CE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#E7C9CE

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else