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Colour

#EEA8A6

  • #EEA8A6
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#EEA8A6 is a red with RGB values 238, 168, 166 and HSL 2°, 68%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#EEA8A6#EEA8A6
HEX#EEA8A6
RGBrgb(238, 168, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6588, 0.651
RGB percentages93.3%, 65.9%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(1.7, 67.9%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 30.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 29.4%, 30.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,640,742
CSS custom property--colour: #EEA8A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#115759

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B2A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BFA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FCA0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8.8Pink · ΔE 11.6Rosy brown · ΔE 15.3Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5Light coral · ΔE 21.3Light salmon · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6ECEE
Analogous#EEA6C8, #EECCA6
Triadic#A6EEA8, #A8A6EE
Split complementary#A6EECC, #A6C8EE
Tetradic#C8EEA6, #A6ECEE, #CCA6EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFCFC
Lighter +10%#F6D2D1
Darker −10%#E67E7B
Darker −20%#DE5450
Darker −30%#D32D28
Darker −40%#A82420
More saturated +25%#FB9B99
Less saturated −25%#E1B5B3

Channel breakdown

R238
G168
B166
Red238 (93.3%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue1.67°
Saturation (HSL)67.92%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G A8 · B A6

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