Close to Quartz

#DED4E6

#DED4E6 is a very light, muted purple, close to the color Quartz. In RGB it’s made of 87.1% red, 83.1% green, and 90.2% blue. Its hue is 273°, with 26% saturation and 87% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #DED4E6 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#DED4E6
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #DED4E6

What color is #DED4E6?

#DED4E6 is a very light, muted purple, close to the color Quartz. In RGB it’s made of 87.1% red, 83.1% green, and 90.2% blue. Its hue is 273°, with 26% saturation and 87% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #DED4E6 in RGB?

#DED4E6 is rgb(222, 212, 230): 222 red, 212 green, and 230 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #DED4E6 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(3, 8, 0, 10). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #DED4E6?

PANTONE 2650 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #DED4E6?

Its complement #D1DBC9 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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