Recognised as Colour

#E8C5CD

#E8C5CD
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E8C5CD is a red with RGB values 232, 197, 205 and HSL 346°, 43%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#E8C5CD

RGBrgb(232, 197, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7725, 0.8039

RGB percentages91%, 77.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(346.3, 43.2%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.3, 15.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 15.1%, 11.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,254,989

CSS custom property--colour: #E8C5CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#173A32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9CACDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D0CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EFC3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.2 Pink · ΔE 10.9 Misty rose · ΔE 11.9 Light grey · ΔE 13.8 Silver · ΔE 14.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5E8E0

Analogous#E8C5DF, #E8CFC5

Triadic#CDE8C5, #C5CDE8

Split complementary#C5E8CF, #C5DFE8

Tetradic#DFE8C5, #C5E8E0, #CFC5E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6EAEC

Darker −10%#DAA0AE

Darker −20%#CB7C8E

Darker −30%#BD576F

Darker −40%#A14056

More saturated +25%#F2BBC8

Less saturated −25%#DECFD2

Channel breakdown

R232

G197

B205

Red232 (91%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue346.29°

Saturation (HSL)43.21%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G C5 · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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