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Recognised as Colour

#EF8CAB

  • #EF8CAB
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#EF8CAB is a red with RGB values 239, 140, 171 and HSL 341°, 76%, 74%. 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

#EF8CAB#EF8CAB
HEX#EF8CAB
RGBrgb(239, 140, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.549, 0.6706
RGB percentages93.7%, 54.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(341.2, 75.6%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 41.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 28.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,699,115
CSS custom property--colour: #EF8CAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.7 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#A3A3A3
Inverted#107354

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9FACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B1A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FE8697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 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 9.9Light pink · ΔE 18.3Light coral · ΔE 19.8Pink · ΔE 22.4Plum · ΔE 24.1Hot pink · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CEFD0
Analogous#EF8CDC, #EF9F8C
Triadic#ABEF8C, #8CABEF
Split complementary#8CEF9F, #8CDCEF
Tetradic#DCEF8C, #8CEFD0, #9F8CEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBE6EC
Lighter +10%#F5B9CC
Darker −10%#E95F8A
Darker −20%#E3326A
Darker −30%#C61C51
Darker −40%#9A153F
More saturated +25%#FF7CA5
Less saturated −25%#DF9CB1

Channel breakdown

R239
G140
B171
Red239 (93.7%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue341.21°
Saturation (HSL)75.57%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G 8C · B AB

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