Recognised as Colour

#EC98BA

#EC98BA
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#EC98BA is a red with RGB values 236, 152, 186 and HSL 336°, 69%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#EC98BA#EC98BA

HEX#EC98BA

RGBrgb(236, 152, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.5961, 0.7294

RGB percentages92.5%, 59.6%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(335.7, 68.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.7, 35.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 35.6%, 21.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,505,594

CSS custom property--colour: #EC98BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#136745

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1A8BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B6B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F895A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 15.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 15.7 Plum · ΔE 17.9 Pink · ΔE 18.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.6 Thistle · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98ECCA

Analogous#EC98E4, #ECA098

Triadic#BAEC98, #98BAEC

Split complementary#98ECA0, #98E4EC

Tetradic#E4EC98, #98ECCA, #A098EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCEEF4

Lighter +10%#F4C3D7

Darker −10%#E46D9D

Darker −20%#DC4280

Darker −30%#C62566

Darker −40%#9B1D50

More saturated +25%#FB89B7

Less saturated −25%#DDA7BD

Channel breakdown

R236

G152

B186

Red236 (92.5%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue335.71°

Saturation (HSL)68.85%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 98 · B BA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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