Information about #DD9CBB color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated pink-red rose, #DD9CBB has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Shocking (#E292C0). Slightly further away sit Dark Pastel Pink (#D198B7) and Vintage Pink (#E6A5B7).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(221, 156, 187)), which gives #DD9CBB its character. On this background, black text reaches a 9.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DD9CBB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#DD9CBB color variations
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#DD9CBB color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#DD9CBB color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#DD9CBB color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#DD9CBB color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#DD9CBB color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #DD9CBB color
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Nearest named colors to #DD9CBB
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#E292C0
#D198B7
#E6A5B7
#E79FC4
#DE9DAC
#E3A7C4
#E7A1B0
#DFACB7
#D39BCB
#EA8FB6
#F19CBB
#DDADAF
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#DD9CBB
- RGB221, 156, 187
- CMYK0, 25, 13, 13
- CSSrgb(221, 156, 187)
- HSL331°, 49%, 74%
- HSL Precise331.385°, 48.872%, 73.922%
- HSV331°, 29%, 87%
- HSB331°, 29%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.867
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
- GLSLvec3(0.867, 0.612, 0.733)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.867, 0.612, 0.733, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.867, 0.612, 0.733)
- Percentage of Red in RGB86.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDDD9CBB
- DECIMAL ID14523579
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
