#ed9cb5

Color #ed9cb5

A moderately saturated light pink.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class rose-300 #ffa1ad · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ed9cb5

RGB

rgb(237, 156, 181)

HSL

hsl(341.5, 69.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(341.5, 34.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 23.6%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(72.97, 33.55, -0.4)

LCH

lch(72.97, 33.55, 359.32)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.101, 359.66)

HWB

hwb(341.5, 61.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cedd4

Analogous

#ed9cde

#ed9cb5

#edac9c

Triadic

#ed9cb5

#b5ed9c

#9cb5ed

Split-complementary

#ed9cb5

#9cedac

#9cdeed

Tetradic

#ed9cb5

#edd49c

#9cedd4

#9cb5ed

Square

#ed9cb5

#deed9c

#9cedd4

#ac9ced

Shades

Color #ed9cb5 mixed toward black.

#e3658c

#d92d62

#a61e48

#6f1430

#370a18

Tints

Color #ed9cb5 mixed toward white.

#f0adc1

#f3bdce

#f6ceda

#f9dee6

#fceff3

Tones

Color #ed9cb5 mixed toward gray.

#e6a3b8

#e0aaba

#d9b0bd

#d2b7bf

#cbbec2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cfceaf · ΔE 34.9

Deuteranopia

#d3d9ae · ΔE 39.8

Tritanopia

#eaabaa · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ed9cb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ed9cb5]

Related colors

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ed9cb5 (#ed9cb5) is rgb(237, 156, 181) in RGB.

No, #ed9cb5 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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