Colour

#D9BBC7

#D9BBC7
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#D9BBC7 is a red with RGB values 217, 187, 199 and HSL 336°, 28%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D9BBC7#D9BBC7

HEX#D9BBC7

RGBrgb(217, 187, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7333, 0.7804

RGB percentages85.1%, 73.3%, 78%

HSLhsl(336, 28.3%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336, 13.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.8%, 8.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,269,383

CSS custom property--colour: #D9BBC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#264438

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDC0C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4C5C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DEBABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3 Silver · ΔE 12.9 Pink · ΔE 13.6 Light grey · ΔE 14.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7 Dark grey · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBD9CD

Analogous#D9BBD6, #D9BEBB

Triadic#C7D9BB, #BBC7D9

Split complementary#BBD9BE, #BBD6D9

Tetradic#D6D9BB, #BBD9CD, #BEBBD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCFD

Lighter +10%#EBDCE2

Darker −10%#C79AAC

Darker −20%#B47A91

Darker −30%#A15A76

Darker −40%#80485E

More saturated +25%#E6AEC4

Less saturated −25%#CCC8CA

Channel breakdown

R217

G187

B199

Red217 (85.1%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue336°

Saturation (HSL)28.3%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G BB · B C7

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Colour values

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