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Recognised as Colour

#DE9AD0

  • #DE9AD0
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#DE9AD0 is a magenta with RGB values 222, 154, 208 and HSL 312°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DE9AD0#DE9AD0
HEX#DE9AD0
RGBrgb(222, 154, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.6039, 0.8157
RGB percentages87.1%, 60.4%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(312.4, 50.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(312.4, 30.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 30.6%, 6.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,588,624
CSS custom property--colour: #DE9AD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#21652F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AAAD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB3CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E49DADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 5Thistle · ΔE 23.6Pale violetred · ΔE 24.1Light pink · ΔE 25Pink · ΔE 25.7Orchid · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ADEA8
Analogous#CA9ADE, #DE9AAE
Triadic#D0DE9A, #9AD0DE
Split complementary#AEDE9A, #9ADECA
Tetradic#DECA9A, #9ADEA8, #9AAEDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E7F4
Lighter +10%#EBC0E2
Darker −10%#D174BE
Darker −20%#C54DAC
Darker −30%#A83791
Darker −40%#822A70
More saturated +25%#EF89DA
Less saturated −25%#CDABC6

Channel breakdown

R222
G154
B208
Red222 (87.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue312.35°
Saturation (HSL)50.75%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 9A · B D0

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