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Recognised as Colour

#D990B2

  • #D990B2
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#D990B2 is a red with RGB values 217, 144, 178 and HSL 332°, 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

#D990B2#D990B2
HEX#D990B2
RGBrgb(217, 144, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5647, 0.698
RGB percentages85.1%, 56.5%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(332.1, 49%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.1, 33.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 18%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,258,354
CSS custom property--colour: #D990B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#266F4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979EB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AAB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E38E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 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 text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 16.5Plum · ΔE 16.5Light pink · ΔE 17.9Pink · ΔE 20.2Rosy brown · ΔE 20.6Thistle · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90D9B7
Analogous#D990D7, #D99390
Triadic#B2D990, #90B2D9
Split complementary#90D993, #90D7D9
Tetradic#D7D990, #90D9B7, #9390D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3DCE7
Lighter +10%#E6B6CC
Darker −10%#CC6A98
Darker −20%#BF447D
Darker −30%#9B3565
Darker −40%#75284C
More saturated +25%#EC7DB1
Less saturated −25%#C6A3B3

Channel breakdown

R217
G144
B178
Red217 (85.1%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue332.05°
Saturation (HSL)48.99%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 90 · B B2

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