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Recognised as Colour

#EC6DA9

  • #EC6DA9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#EC6DA9 is a red with RGB values 236, 109, 169 and HSL 332°, 77%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#EC6DA9#EC6DA9
HEX#EC6DA9
RGBrgb(236, 109, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.4275, 0.6627
RGB percentages92.5%, 42.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(331.7, 77%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.7, 53.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 53.8%, 28.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,494,569
CSS custom property--colour: #EC6DA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#139256

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E8AABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A1A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FC6784no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 9.5Pale violetred · ΔE 13.3Medium violet red · ΔE 25Orchid · ΔE 26.1Plum · ΔE 28.5Violet · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DECB0
Analogous#EC6DE8, #EC716D
Triadic#A9EC6D, #6DA9EC
Split complementary#6DEC71, #6DE8EC
Tetradic#E8EC6D, #6DECB0, #716DEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEF4F9
Lighter +20%#F8C7DE
Lighter +10%#F29AC4
Darker −10%#E6408E
Darker −20%#D71C74
Darker −30%#AA165C
Darker −40%#7D1044
More saturated +25%#FF5AA8
Less saturated −25%#D782AA

Channel breakdown

R236
G109
B169
Red236 (92.5%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue331.65°
Saturation (HSL)76.97%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 6D · B A9

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