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Recognised as Colour

#ED959F

  • #ED959F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#ED959F is a red with RGB values 237, 149, 159 and HSL 353°, 71%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#ED959F#ED959F
HEX#ED959F
RGBrgb(237, 149, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.5843, 0.6235
RGB percentages92.9%, 58.4%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(353.2, 71%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 37.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 37.1%, 32.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,570,335
CSS custom property--colour: #ED959F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#126A60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB49Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FD8D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 12.6Light coral · ΔE 14.5Pink · ΔE 17.2Pale violetred · ΔE 17.4Rosy brown · ΔE 18.9Dark salmon · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95EDE3
Analogous#ED95CB, #EDB795
Triadic#9FED95, #959FED
Split complementary#95EDB7, #95CBED
Tetradic#CBED95, #95EDE3, #B795ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCECEE
Lighter +10%#F4C1C6
Darker −10%#E66978
Darker −20%#DE3E50
Darker −30%#C72235
Darker −40%#9C1A29
More saturated +25%#FD8693
Less saturated −25%#DEA5AB

Channel breakdown

R237
G149
B159
Red237 (92.9%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue353.18°
Saturation (HSL)70.97%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G 95 · B 9F

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