Recognised as Colour

#E8C9D1

#E8C9D1
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E8C9D1 is a red with RGB values 232, 201, 209 and HSL 345°, 40%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8C9D1#E8C9D1

HEX#E8C9D1

RGBrgb(232, 201, 209)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7882, 0.8196

RGB percentages91%, 78.8%, 82%

HSLhsl(344.5, 40.3%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 13.4%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 13.4%, 9.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,256,017

CSS custom property--colour: #E8C9D1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#17362E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCCED1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D3D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EEC8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10 Misty rose · ΔE 10.7 Light grey · ΔE 12.2 Pink · ΔE 12.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8 Silver · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9E8E0

Analogous#E8C9E1, #E8D1C9

Triadic#D1E8C9, #C9D1E8

Split complementary#C9E8D1, #C9E1E8

Tetradic#E1E8C9, #C9E8E0, #D1C9E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7EDEF

Darker −10%#D9A5B3

Darker −20%#CA8194

Darker −30%#BA5E76

Darker −40%#A1445C

More saturated +25%#F2BFCC

Less saturated −25%#DED3D6

Channel breakdown

R232

G201

B209

Red232 (91%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue209 (82%)

Hue344.52°

Saturation (HSL)40.26%

Lightness84.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G C9 · B D1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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