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Recognised as Colour

#EDD9D5

  • #EDD9D5
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Misty rose

#EDD9D5 is a red with RGB values 237, 217, 213 and HSL 10°, 40%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Misty rose.

Colour values

#EDD9D5#EDD9D5
HEX#EDD9D5
RGBrgb(237, 217, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.851, 0.8353
RGB percentages92.9%, 85.1%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(10, 40%, 88.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10, 10.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 10.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,587,797
CSS custom property--colour: #EDD9D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#12262A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDBD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1DFD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F2D7D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Misty rose · ΔE 5.2Gainsboro · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 8.5Linen · ΔE 8.6Lavender blush · ΔE 9.4Sea shell · ΔE 9.8
Nearest named CSS colourMisty rose (#FFE4E1)ΔE 5.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5E9ED
Analogous#EDD5DD, #EDE5D5
Triadic#D5EDD9, #D9D5ED
Split complementary#D5EDE5, #D5DDED
Tetradic#DDEDD5, #D5E9ED, #E5D5ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCF9F9
Darker −10%#DEB9B1
Darker −20%#CE988E
Darker −30%#BF786A
Darker −40%#AC5A4A
More saturated +25%#F4D4CD
Less saturated −25%#E5DEDC

Channel breakdown

R237
G217
B213
Red237 (92.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue10°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness88.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G D9 · B D5

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