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Recognised as Colour

#EE8E9F

  • #EE8E9F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#EE8E9F is a red with RGB values 238, 142, 159 and HSL 349°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#EE8E9F#EE8E9F
HEX#EE8E9F
RGBrgb(238, 142, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.5569, 0.6235
RGB percentages93.3%, 55.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(349.4, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.4, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 40.3%, 33.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,634,079
CSS custom property--colour: #EE8E9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#117160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9F9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B19Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FE8594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 13.1Light coral · ΔE 13.9Light pink · ΔE 15.6Pink · ΔE 20.3Rosy brown · ΔE 22.1Indian red · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EEEDD
Analogous#EE8ECF, #EEAD8E
Triadic#9FEE8E, #8E9FEE
Split complementary#8EEEAD, #8ECFEE
Tetradic#CFEE8E, #8EEEDD, #AD8EEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE7EA
Lighter +10%#F5BAC5
Darker −10%#E76279
Darker −20%#E13554
Darker −30%#C51E3B
Darker −40%#99172E
More saturated +25%#FE7E95
Less saturated −25%#DE9EA9

Channel breakdown

R238
G142
B159
Red238 (93.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue349.38°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G 8E · B 9F

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