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Recognised as Colour

#F2CEDD

  • #F2CEDD
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#F2CEDD is a red with RGB values 242, 206, 221 and HSL 335°, 58%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#F2CEDD#F2CEDD
HEX#F2CEDD
RGBrgb(242, 206, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8078, 0.8667
RGB percentages94.9%, 80.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(335, 58.1%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335, 14.9%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 14.9%, 8.7%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,912,669
CSS custom property--colour: #F2CEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.65:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#0D3122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F8CDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.1Pink · ΔE 11.2Misty rose · ΔE 11.8Lavender blush · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEF2E3
Analogous#F2CEEF, #F2D1CE
Triadic#DDF2CE, #CEDDF2
Split complementary#CEF2D1, #CEEFF2
Tetradic#EFF2CE, #CEF2E3, #D1CEF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF6F9
Darker −10%#E7A6C1
Darker −20%#DD7DA5
Darker −30%#D25589
Darker −40%#C1336E
More saturated +25%#FAC6DC
Less saturated −25%#EAD6DE

Channel breakdown

R242
G206
B221
Red242 (94.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue335°
Saturation (HSL)58.06%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G CE · B DD

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