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Recognised as Colour

#D6BECB

  • #D6BECB
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D6BECB is a magenta with RGB values 214, 190, 203 and HSL 328°, 23%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D6BECB#D6BECB
HEX#D6BECB
RGBrgb(214, 190, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7451, 0.7961
RGB percentages83.9%, 74.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(327.5, 22.6%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(327.5, 11.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK0%, 11.2%, 5.1%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,073,547
CSS custom property--colour: #D6BECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#294134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC2CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C6CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DABEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 12.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.1Pink · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BED6C9
Analogous#D5BED6, #D6BEBF
Triadic#CBD6BE, #BECBD6
Split complementary#BFD6BE, #BED6D5
Tetradic#D6D5BE, #BED6C9, #BEBFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFD
Lighter +10%#EADDE4
Darker −10%#C29FB2
Darker −20%#AF7F99
Darker −30%#9A6180
Darker −40%#7B4D66
More saturated +25%#E3B1CC
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R214
G190
B203
Red214 (83.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue327.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.64%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D6 · G BE · B CB

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