#D6A6B2 colour

#D6A6B2 is a light muted red close to CSS silver. RGB 214, 166, 178, HSL 345, 37%, 75%. Black text passes AAA (9.96:1), white fails (2.11:1).

#D6A6B2

Nearest CSS name: silver #c0c0c0 (not an exact match)
Described as: a light muted red
Red, green, blue: 214, 166, 178
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.4478 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#d6a6b2`
RGB	`rgb(214, 166, 178)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(83.9% 65.1% 69.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(345, 36.9%, 74.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(345, 22.4%, 83.9%)`
HWB	`hwb(345 65.1% 16.1%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 22%, 17%, 16%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(72.89% 19.56 0.97)`
OKLCH	`oklch(77.25% 0.0585 1.93)`
Decimal	`14067378`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.11:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 9.96:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.11:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	9.96:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #D6A6B2 (9.96:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#daaeb9 18%#ddb6c0 27%#e1bec7 36%#e5c6ce 45%#e9ced5 55%#ecd7dc 64%#f0dfe3 73%#f4e7ea 82%#f8eff1 91%#fbf7f8

9%#c397a2 18%#af8892 27%#9c7981 36%#886a71 45%#755b61 55%#614b51 64%#4e3c41 73%#3a2d31 82%#271e20 91%#130f10

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#d6a6b2 #a6d6ca

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#d6a6ca #d6a6b2 #d6b2a6

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#d6a6b2 #b2d6a6 #a6b2d6

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#d6a6b2 #a6d6b2 #a6cad6

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#d6a6b2 #cad6a6 #a6d6ca #b2a6d6

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#d6a6b2 Protanopia#acaeb2 Deuteranopia#b7b6b1 Tritanopia#dfa3aa Achromatopsia#b2b2b2

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #d6a6b2;`
Background	`background-color: #d6a6b2;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #d6a6b2;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(214 166 178 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #d6a6b2;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d6a6b2, #80646b);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #e6cad1, #d6a6b2);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #d6a6b2; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #D6A6B2 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.