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Recognised as Colour

#DCC8CA

  • #DCC8CA
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#DCC8CA is a red with RGB values 220, 200, 202 and HSL 354°, 22%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#DCC8CA#DCC8CA
HEX#DCC8CA
RGBrgb(220, 200, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7843, 0.7922
RGB percentages86.3%, 78.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(354, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 8.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,469,322
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC8CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#233735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFCECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E0C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.8Silver · ΔE 8.8Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Misty rose · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 12.5Lavender blush · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8DCDA
Analogous#DCC8D4, #DCD0C8
Triadic#CADCC8, #C8CADC
Split complementary#C8DCD0, #C8D4DC
Tetradic#D4DCC8, #C8DCDA, #D0C8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0E7E8
Darker −10%#C8A9AC
Darker −20%#B48A8E
Darker −30%#A16A70
Darker −40%#845459
More saturated +25%#E7BDC1
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R220
G200
B202
Red220 (86.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue354°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G C8 · B CA

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