#e6a9aa

Color #e6a9aa

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 8.83 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e6a9aa

RGB

rgb(230, 169, 170)

HSL

hsl(359, 55%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(359, 26.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 26.1%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(74.89, 22.55, 8.33)

LCH

lch(74.89, 24.04, 20.27)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0721, 17.76)

HWB

hwb(359, 66.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9e6e5

Analogous

#e6a9c8

#e6a9aa

#e6c6a9

Triadic

#e6a9aa

#aae6a9

#a9aae6

Split-complementary

#e6a9aa

#a9e6c6

#a9c8e6

Tetradic

#e6a9aa

#e6e5a9

#a9e6e5

#a9aae6

Square

#e6a9aa

#c8e6a9

#a9e6e5

#c6a9e6

Shades

Color #e6a9aa mixed toward black.

#d77577

#c84244

#9b2d2f

#671e1f

#340f10

Tints

Color #e6a9aa mixed toward white.

#eab7b8

#eec6c6

#f2d4d4

#f7e2e3

#fbf1f1

Tones

Color #e6a9aa mixed toward gray.

#e1aeaf

#dcb3b4

#d7b8b9

#d2bdbe

#cdc2c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ceceaa · ΔE 29.9

Deuteranopia

#d2d6aa · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#e3aaaa · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e6a9aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6a9aa]

Related colors

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#e6a9aa (#e6a9aa) is rgb(230, 169, 170) in RGB.

No, #e6a9aa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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