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Recognised as Colour

#DEC9D3

  • #DEC9D3
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DEC9D3 is a red with RGB values 222, 201, 211 and HSL 331°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DEC9D3#DEC9D3
HEX#DEC9D3
RGBrgb(222, 201, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7882, 0.8275
RGB percentages87.1%, 78.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(331.4, 24.1%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.4, 9.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,600,659
CSS custom property--colour: #DEC9D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#21362C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACDD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD0D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E1C9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 9.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Silver · ΔE 10.7Misty rose · ΔE 12.1Lavender · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9DED4
Analogous#DEC9DD, #DEC9C9
Triadic#D3DEC9, #C9D3DE
Split complementary#C9DEC9, #C9DDDE
Tetradic#DDDEC9, #C9DED4, #C9C9DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1E9ED
Darker −10%#CBA9B9
Darker −20%#B78A9F
Darker −30%#A46A86
Darker −40%#88536C
More saturated +25%#E9BED2
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R222
G201
B211
Red222 (87.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue331.43°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G C9 · B D3

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