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Recognised as Colour

#ECACA7

  • #ECACA7
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light pink

#ECACA7 is a red with RGB values 236, 172, 167 and HSL 4°, 64%, 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

#ECACA7#ECACA7
HEX#ECACA7
RGBrgb(236, 172, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6745, 0.6549
RGB percentages92.5%, 67.5%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(4.3, 64.5%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.3, 29.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 27.1%, 29.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,510,695
CSS custom property--colour: #ECACA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#135358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B4A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C1A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#FAA5ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 9.9Pink · ΔE 11.4Rosy brown · ΔE 14.8Dark salmon · ΔE 17.9Peach puff · ΔE 21.8Tan · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7E7EC
Analogous#ECA7C5, #ECCFA7
Triadic#A7ECAC, #ACA7EC
Split complementary#A7ECCF, #A7C5EC
Tetradic#C5ECA7, #A7E7EC, #CFA7EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFBFB
Lighter +10%#F5D4D1
Darker −10%#E3847D
Darker −20%#DA5D53
Darker −30%#CE382C
Darker −40%#A42D23
More saturated +25%#F9A19A
Less saturated −25%#DFB7B4

Channel breakdown

R236
G172
B167
Red236 (92.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue4.35°
Saturation (HSL)64.49%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G AC · B A7

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