Recognised as Colour

#DE9ABC

#DE9ABC
Red
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#DE9ABC is a red with RGB values 222, 154, 188 and HSL 330°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DE9ABC#DE9ABC

HEX#DE9ABC

RGBrgb(222, 154, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.6039, 0.7373

RGB percentages87.1%, 60.4%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(330, 50.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 30.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 30.6%, 15.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,588,604

CSS custom property--colour: #DE9ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#216543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FA7BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0B2BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E799A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15 Light pink · ΔE 16 Pink · ΔE 17.6 Thistle · ΔE 19.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9ADEBC

Analogous#DE9ADE, #DE9A9A

Triadic#BCDE9A, #9ABCDE

Split complementary#9ADE9A, #9ADEDE

Tetradic#DEDE9A, #9ADEBC, #9A9ADE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7E7EF

Lighter +10%#EBC0D6

Darker −10%#D174A3

Darker −20%#C54D89

Darker −30%#A83770

Darker −40%#822A56

More saturated +25%#EF89BC

Less saturated −25%#CDABBC

Channel breakdown

R222

G154

B188

Red222 (87.1%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)50.75%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 9A · B BC

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Tints, shades & saturation

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