Colour

#CC6665

#CC6665
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#CC6665 is a red with RGB values 204, 102, 101 and HSL 1°, 50%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#CC6665#CC6665

HEX#CC6665

RGBrgb(204, 102, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.4, 0.3961

RGB percentages80%, 40%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(0.6, 50.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.6, 50.5%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 50.5%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,395,557

CSS custom property--colour: #CC6665;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#33999A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D7864no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#968D63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DD5767no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 5.6 Light coral · ΔE 11.1 Salmon · ΔE 16.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.6 Sienna · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#65CBCC

Analogous#CC6598, #CC9965

Triadic#65CC66, #6665CC

Split complementary#65CC9A, #6597CC

Tetradic#98CC65, #65CBCC, #9A65CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFEFE

Lighter +30%#F2D8D8

Lighter +20%#E5B2B2

Lighter +10%#D98C8B

Darker −10%#BF403F

Darker −20%#983333

Darker −30%#722726

Darker −40%#4C1A19

More saturated +25%#E64D4B

Less saturated −25%#B27F7F

Channel breakdown

R204

G102

B101

Red204 (80%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue0.58°

Saturation (HSL)50.24%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 66 · B 65

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Colour values

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