Recognised as Colour

#E9B5BC

#E9B5BC
Red
Light
Nearest: Pink

#E9B5BC is a red with RGB values 233, 181, 188 and HSL 352°, 54%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pink.

Colour values

#E9B5BC#E9B5BC

HEX#E9B5BC

RGBrgb(233, 181, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7098, 0.7373

RGB percentages91.4%, 71%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(351.9, 54.2%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.9, 22.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 22.3%, 19.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,316,412

CSS custom property--colour: #E9B5BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.8:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#164A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDBDBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9C6BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F3B1B7no 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 text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pink · ΔE 6.7 Light pink · ΔE 8.6 Thistle · ΔE 14.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.4 Misty rose · ΔE 18 Silver · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourPink (#FFC0CB)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5E9E2

Analogous#E9B5D6, #E9C8B5

Triadic#BCE9B5, #B5BCE9

Split complementary#B5E9C8, #B5D6E9

Tetradic#D6E9B5, #B5E9E2, #C8B5E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5DCE0

Darker −10%#DD8E98

Darker −20%#D26675

Darker −30%#C63F51

Darker −40%#A2303F

More saturated +25%#F5A9B3

Less saturated −25%#DDC1C5

Channel breakdown

R233

G181

B188

Red233 (91.4%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue351.92°

Saturation (HSL)54.17%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G B5 · B BC

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