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Recognised as Colour

#DEC9C8

  • #DEC9C8
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#DEC9C8 is a red with RGB values 222, 201, 200 and HSL 3°, 25%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#DEC9C8#DEC9C8
HEX#DEC9C8
RGBrgb(222, 201, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.7843
RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(2.7, 25%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.7, 9.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 9.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,600,648
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC9C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#213637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDCBC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1CFC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E3C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4Misty rose · ΔE 10.3Lavender blush · ΔE 14Thistle · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8DDDE
Analogous#DEC8D2, #DED4C8
Triadic#C8DEC9, #C9C8DE
Split complementary#C8DED4, #C8D2DE
Tetradic#D2DEC8, #C8DDDE, #D4C8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1E8E8
Darker −10%#CBAAA8
Darker −20%#B88A88
Darker −30%#A56B68
Darker −40%#885452
More saturated +25%#E9BFBD
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R222
G201
B200
Red222 (87.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue2.73°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B C8

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