Recognised as Colour

#EC99BC

#EC99BC
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#EC99BC is a red with RGB values 236, 153, 188 and HSL 335°, 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

#EC99BC#EC99BC

HEX#EC99BC

RGBrgb(236, 153, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6, 0.7373

RGB percentages92.5%, 60%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(334.7, 68.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.7, 35.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 35.2%, 20.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,505,852

CSS custom property--colour: #EC99BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1

Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#136643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A9BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B7BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F896A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 15.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 16.3 Plum · ΔE 17.2 Pink · ΔE 18.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.8 Thistle · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99ECC9

Analogous#EC99E6, #EC9F99

Triadic#BCEC99, #99BCEC

Split complementary#99EC9F, #99E6EC

Tetradic#E6EC99, #99ECC9, #9F99EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCEFF4

Lighter +10%#F4C4D8

Darker −10%#E46EA0

Darker −20%#DC4384

Darker −30%#C72569

Darker −40%#9C1D53

More saturated +25%#FB8ABA

Less saturated −25%#DDA8BE

Channel breakdown

R236

G153

B188

Red236 (92.5%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue334.7°

Saturation (HSL)68.6%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G 99 · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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