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Recognised as Colour

#ECA8A4

  • #ECA8A4
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#ECA8A4 is a red with RGB values 236, 168, 164 and HSL 3°, 65%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#ECA8A4#ECA8A4
HEX#ECA8A4
RGBrgb(236, 168, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6588, 0.6431
RGB percentages92.5%, 65.9%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(3.3, 65.5%, 78.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.3, 30.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 28.8%, 30.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,509,668
CSS custom property--colour: #ECA8A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#13575B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B1A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5BEA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FAA0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.8Pink · ΔE 12.2Rosy brown · ΔE 14.8Dark salmon · ΔE 16.9Light coral · ΔE 21.7Tan · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4E8EC
Analogous#ECA4C4, #ECCCA4
Triadic#A4ECA8, #A8A4EC
Split complementary#A4ECCC, #A4C4EC
Tetradic#C4ECA4, #A4E8EC, #CCA4EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF9F8
Lighter +10%#F5D0CE
Darker −10%#E3807A
Darker −20%#DA5750
Darker −30%#CC342B
Darker −40%#A22922
More saturated +25%#FA9C96
Less saturated −25%#DEB4B2

Channel breakdown

R236
G168
B164
Red236 (92.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue3.33°
Saturation (HSL)65.45%
Lightness78.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G A8 · B A4

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