Information about #DED9CD color

#DED9CD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #DED9CD is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(222, 217, 205) — 87.1% red, 85.1% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 7 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A gently muted warm orange, #DED9CD floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Eighth Joss (#E0D8CC). Nearby in the Register you will also find Eighth Bison Hide (#DED7CB) and Quarter Tea (#E0DAD0).

The recipe behind #DED9CD is rgb(222, 217, 205), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #DED9CD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DED9CD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DED9CD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DED9CD 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DED9CD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

#DED9CD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DED9CD
  • RGB222, 217, 205
  • CMYK0, 2, 7, 13
  • CSSrgb(222, 217, 205)
  • HSL42°, 20%, 84%
  • HSL Precise42.353°, 20.482%, 83.725%
  • HSV42°, 8%, 87%
  • HSB42°, 8%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.851
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.871, 0.851, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.871, 0.851, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.871, 0.851, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color Family (Hue)Orange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDED9CD
  • DECIMAL ID14604749
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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