Colour

#D9B9D2

#D9B9D2
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#D9B9D2 is a magenta with RGB values 217, 185, 210 and HSL 313°, 30%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#D9B9D2

RGBrgb(217, 185, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7255, 0.8235

RGB percentages85.1%, 72.5%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(313.1, 29.6%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(313.1, 14.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 3.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,268,882

CSS custom property--colour: #D9B9D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#26462D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C0D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C4D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DCBAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 3.1 Pink · ΔE 15.2 Silver · ΔE 17.8 Lavender · ΔE 18 Light pink · ΔE 18.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 3.06, a close match

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B9D9C0

Analogous#D0B9D9, #D9B9C2

Triadic#D2D9B9, #B9D2D9

Split complementary#C2D9B9, #B9D9D0

Tetradic#D9D0B9, #B9D9C0, #B9C2D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFBFD

Lighter +10%#EBDAE7

Darker −10%#C798BD

Darker −20%#B577A8

Darker −30%#A15891

Darker −40%#804674

More saturated +25%#E7ACDA

Less saturated −25%#CCC7CA

Channel breakdown

R217

G185

B210

Red217 (85.1%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue313.13°

Saturation (HSL)29.63%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G B9 · B D2

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Channel breakdown

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