Recognised as Colour

#E8AEAE

#E8AEAE
Red
Light
Nearest: Light pink

#E8AEAE is a red with RGB values 232, 174, 174 and HSL 0°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#E8AEAE#E8AEAE

HEX#E8AEAE

RGBrgb(232, 174, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6824, 0.6824

RGB percentages91%, 68.2%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(0, 55.8%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 25%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 25%, 25%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,249,070

CSS custom property--colour: #E8AEAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#175151

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8B6AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6C1ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Tritanopia#F4A8AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.9 Pink · ΔE 9.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 13.5 Thistle · ΔE 19.6 Misty rose · ΔE 20.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEE8E8

Analogous#E8AECB, #E8CBAE

Triadic#AEE8AE, #AEAEE8

Split complementary#AEE8CB, #AECBE8

Tetradic#CBE8AE, #AEE8E8, #CBAEE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDFD

Lighter +10%#F3D6D6

Darker −10%#DD8686

Darker −20%#D15F5F

Darker −30%#C53838

Darker −40%#9D2D2D

More saturated +25%#F5A1A1

Less saturated −25%#DBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R232

G174

B174

Red232 (91%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)55.77%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G AE · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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