Recognised as Colour

#DEADC5

#DEADC5
Red
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#DEADC5 is a red with RGB values 222, 173, 197 and HSL 331°, 43%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#DEADC5

RGBrgb(222, 173, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.6784, 0.7725

RGB percentages87.1%, 67.8%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(330.6, 42.6%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330.6, 22.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 22.1%, 11.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,593,477

CSS custom property--colour: #DEADC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1

Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#21523A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0B6C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCBEC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E5ACB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.3 Pink · ΔE 11.9 Light pink · ΔE 13.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.6 Plum · ΔE 20.1 Silver · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADDEC6

Analogous#DEADDE, #DEADAD

Triadic#C5DEAD, #ADC5DE

Split complementary#ADDEAD, #ADDEDE

Tetradic#DEDEAD, #ADDEC6, #ADADDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF6F8

Lighter +10%#EDD1DF

Darker −10%#CF89AB

Darker −20%#C16492

Darker −30%#AD4578

Darker −40%#88375F

More saturated +25%#EC9FC5

Less saturated −25%#D0BBC5

Channel breakdown

R222

G173

B197

Red222 (87.1%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue330.61°

Saturation (HSL)42.61%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G AD · B C5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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