Recognised as Colour

#E8B6BD

#E8B6BD
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E8B6BD is a red with RGB values 232, 182, 189 and HSL 352°, 52%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E8B6BD#E8B6BD

HEX#E8B6BD

RGBrgb(232, 182, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7137, 0.7412

RGB percentages91%, 71.4%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(351.6, 52.1%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 21.6%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 21.6%, 18.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,251,133

CSS custom property--colour: #E8B6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#174942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDBDBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9C6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#F2B2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 7.1 Light pink · ΔE 9.3 Thistle · ΔE 14 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.5 Misty rose · ΔE 17.5 Silver · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6E8E1

Analogous#E8B6D6, #E8C8B6

Triadic#BDE8B6, #B6BDE8

Split complementary#B6E8C8, #B6D6E8

Tetradic#D6E8B6, #B6E8E1, #C8B6E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4DDE0

Darker −10%#DC8F9A

Darker −20%#D06877

Darker −30%#C34254

Darker −40%#A03242

More saturated +25%#F4AAB4

Less saturated −25%#DCC2C6

Channel breakdown

R232

G182

B189

Red232 (91%)

Green182 (71.4%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue351.6°

Saturation (HSL)52.08%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G B6 · B BD

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Colour values

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