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Recognised as Colour

#D990B0

  • #D990B0
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#D990B0 is a red with RGB values 217, 144, 176 and HSL 334°, 49%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#D990B0#D990B0
HEX#D990B0
RGBrgb(217, 144, 176)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5647, 0.6902
RGB percentages85.1%, 56.5%, 69%
HSLhsl(333.7, 49%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.7, 33.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 18.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,258,352
CSS custom property--colour: #D990B0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#266F4F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979EB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AAAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E48E9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 16.3Light pink · ΔE 17.3Plum · ΔE 17.5Pink · ΔE 19.6Rosy brown · ΔE 19.7Thistle · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 16.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90D9B9
Analogous#D990D4, #D99590
Triadic#B0D990, #90B0D9
Split complementary#90D995, #90D4D9
Tetradic#D4D990, #90D9B9, #9590D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3DCE6
Lighter +10%#E6B6CB
Darker −10%#CC6A95
Darker −20%#BF447A
Darker −30%#9B3562
Darker −40%#75284A
More saturated +25%#EC7DAE
Less saturated −25%#C6A3B2

Channel breakdown

R217
G144
B176
Red217 (85.1%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue176 (69%)
Hue333.7°
Saturation (HSL)48.99%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 90 · B B0

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