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Recognised as Colour

#ECACA6

  • #ECACA6
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#ECACA6 is a red with RGB values 236, 172, 166 and HSL 5°, 65%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#ECACA6#ECACA6
HEX#ECACA6
RGBrgb(236, 172, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6745, 0.651
RGB percentages92.5%, 67.5%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(5.1, 64.8%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.1, 29.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 27.1%, 29.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,510,694
CSS custom property--colour: #ECACA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#135359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B4A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C1A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FAA5ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 10.3Pink · ΔE 11.8Rosy brown · ΔE 14.9Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5Tan · ΔE 21.4Peach puff · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6E6EC
Analogous#ECA6C3, #ECCFA6
Triadic#A6ECAC, #ACA6EC
Split complementary#A6ECCF, #A6C3EC
Tetradic#C3ECA6, #A6E6EC, #CFA6EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFAFA
Lighter +10%#F5D3D0
Darker −10%#E3857C
Darker −20%#DA5E52
Darker −30%#CD3A2C
Darker −40%#A32E23
More saturated +25%#FAA199
Less saturated −25%#DFB7B4

Channel breakdown

R236
G172
B166
Red236 (92.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue5.14°
Saturation (HSL)64.81%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G AC · B A6

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