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Recognised as Colour

#EEA8A8

  • #EEA8A8
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#EEA8A8 is a red with RGB values 238, 168, 168 and HSL 0°, 67%, 80%. 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

#EEA8A8#EEA8A8
HEX#EEA8A8
RGBrgb(238, 168, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6588, 0.6588
RGB percentages93.3%, 65.9%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(0, 67.3%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0, 29.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 29.4%, 29.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,640,744
CSS custom property--colour: #EEA8A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#115757

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B2A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BFA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FCA1A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 8Pink · ΔE 10.9Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2Dark salmon · ΔE 18.4Light coral · ΔE 21.5Thistle · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8EEEE
Analogous#EEA8CB, #EECBA8
Triadic#A8EEA8, #A8A8EE
Split complementary#A8EECB, #A8CBEE
Tetradic#CBEEA8, #A8EEEE, #CBA8EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFDFD
Lighter +10%#F6D3D3
Darker −10%#E67D7D
Darker −20%#DD5353
Darker −30%#D42929
Darker −40%#A92121
More saturated +25%#FB9B9B
Less saturated −25%#E1B5B5

Channel breakdown

R238
G168
B168
Red238 (93.3%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue0°
Saturation (HSL)67.31%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G A8 · B A8

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