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Recognised as Colour

#EC9EAB

  • #EC9EAB
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#EC9EAB is a red with RGB values 236, 158, 171 and HSL 350°, 67%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#EC9EAB#EC9EAB
HEX#EC9EAB
RGBrgb(236, 158, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6196, 0.6706
RGB percentages92.5%, 62%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(350, 67.2%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(350, 33.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 33.1%, 27.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,507,115
CSS custom property--colour: #EC9EAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#136154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAABABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB9A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FA98A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.5Pink · ΔE 12.6Rosy brown · ΔE 16.7Pale violetred · ΔE 19.9Light coral · ΔE 20Dark salmon · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EECDF
Analogous#EC9ED2, #ECB89E
Triadic#ABEC9E, #9EABEC
Split complementary#9EECB8, #9ED2EC
Tetradic#D2EC9E, #9EECDF, #B89EEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDF3F5
Lighter +10%#F4C9D0
Darker −10%#E47386
Darker −20%#DB4961
Darker −30%#CA2742
Darker −40%#9F1F34
More saturated +25%#FB90A1
Less saturated −25%#DEADB5

Channel breakdown

R236
G158
B171
Red236 (92.5%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue350°
Saturation (HSL)67.24%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G 9E · B AB

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