#e79ea3

Color #e79ea3

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class rose-300 #ffa1ad · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e79ea3

RGB

rgb(231, 158, 163)

HSL

hsl(355.9, 60.3%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(355.9, 31.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 29.4%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(72.29, 27.84, 8.48)

LCH

lch(72.29, 29.1, 16.94)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0875, 14.77)

HWB

hwb(355.9, 62%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ee7e2

Analogous

#e79ec8

#e79ea3

#e7be9e

Triadic

#e79ea3

#a3e79e

#9ea3e7

Split-complementary

#e79ea3

#9ee7be

#9ec8e7

Tetradic

#e79ea3

#e7e29e

#9ee7e2

#9ea3e7

Square

#e79ea3

#c8e79e

#9ee7e2

#be9ee7

Shades

Color #e79ea3 mixed toward black.

#da6a72

#cd3640

#9c272f

#681a1f

#340d10

Tints

Color #e79ea3 mixed toward white.

#ebaeb2

#efbec2

#f3cfd1

#f7dfe0

#fbeff0

Tones

Color #e79ea3 mixed toward gray.

#e1a4a8

#dbaaae

#d5b0b3

#cfb6b8

#c9bcbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccba2 · ΔE 32.4

Deuteranopia

#d0d5a2 · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#e4a1a1 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e79ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e79ea3]

Related colors

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#e79ea3 (#e79ea3) is rgb(231, 158, 163) in RGB.

No, #e79ea3 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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