Recognised as Colour

#DEB8CA

#DEB8CA
Red
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DEB8CA is a red with RGB values 222, 184, 202 and HSL 332°, 37%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DEB8CA#DEB8CA

HEX#DEB8CA

RGBrgb(222, 184, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7216, 0.7922

RGB percentages87.1%, 72.2%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(331.6, 36.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.6, 17.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 17.1%, 9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,596,298

CSS custom property--colour: #DEB8CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#214735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBFCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C4C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#E4B7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5 Pink · ΔE 11.7 Light pink · ΔE 14.7 Silver · ΔE 17 Light grey · ΔE 18.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8DECC

Analogous#DEB8DD, #DEB9B8

Triadic#CADEB8, #B8CADE

Split complementary#B8DEB9, #B8DDDE

Tetradic#DDDEB8, #B8DECC, #B9B8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFE

Lighter +10%#EEDBE4

Darker −10%#CE95B0

Darker −20%#BE7296

Darker −30%#AD507C

Darker −40%#8A4063

More saturated +25%#EBABC9

Less saturated −25%#D1C5CB

Channel breakdown

R222

G184

B202

Red222 (87.1%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue331.58°

Saturation (HSL)36.54%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G B8 · B CA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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