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Recognised as Colour

#CC6A72

  • #CC6A72
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#CC6A72 is a red with RGB values 204, 106, 114 and HSL 355°, 49%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#CC6A72#CC6A72
HEX#CC6A72
RGBrgb(204, 106, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.4157, 0.4471
RGB percentages80%, 41.6%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(355.1, 49%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.1, 48%, 80%)
CMYK0%, 48%, 44.1%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,396,594
CSS custom property--colour: #CC6A72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#33958D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E7B72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#978F70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#DC5E6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.7Light coral · ΔE 12Pale violetred · ΔE 14.9Salmon · ΔE 19.9Dark salmon · ΔE 22.6Rosy brown · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ACCC4
Analogous#CC6AA3, #CC936A
Triadic#72CC6A, #6A72CC
Split complementary#6ACC93, #6AA3CC
Tetradic#A3CC6A, #6ACCC4, #936ACC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3DCDE
Lighter +20%#E6B6BA
Lighter +10%#D99096
Darker −10%#BF444E
Darker −20%#9B353D
Darker −30%#75282E
Darker −40%#4F1B1F
More saturated +25%#E5515D
Less saturated −25%#B38387

Channel breakdown

R204
G106
B114
Red204 (80%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue355.1°
Saturation (HSL)49%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CC · G 6A · B 72

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