Recognised as Colour

#E9C8D1

#E9C8D1
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E9C8D1 is a red with RGB values 233, 200, 209 and HSL 344°, 43%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E9C8D1#E9C8D1

HEX#E9C8D1

RGBrgb(233, 200, 209)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7843, 0.8196

RGB percentages91.4%, 78.4%, 82%

HSLhsl(343.6, 42.9%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.6, 14.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 14.2%, 10.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,321,297

CSS custom property--colour: #E9C8D1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.65:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#16372E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCCDD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D2D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EFC6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.7 Misty rose · ΔE 11.2 Pink · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 13.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7 Silver · ΔE 14.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8E9E0

Analogous#E9C8E2, #E9D0C8

Triadic#D1E9C8, #C8D1E9

Split complementary#C8E9D0, #C8E2E9

Tetradic#E2E9C8, #C8E9E0, #D0C8E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8ECEF

Darker −10%#DAA4B3

Darker −20%#CC7F94

Darker −30%#BD5B76

Darker −40%#A4415C

More saturated +25%#F3BECD

Less saturated −25%#DFD2D5

Channel breakdown

R233

G200

B209

Red233 (91.4%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue209 (82%)

Hue343.64°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness84.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G C8 · B D1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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