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Recognised as Colour

#D7799E

  • #D7799E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#D7799E is a red with RGB values 215, 121, 158 and HSL 336°, 54%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#D7799E#D7799E
HEX#D7799E
RGBrgb(215, 121, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.4745, 0.6196
RGB percentages84.3%, 47.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(336.4, 54%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336.4, 43.7%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 43.7%, 26.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,121,374
CSS custom property--colour: #D7799E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#288661

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858C9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9D9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E47486no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 6.3Plum · ΔE 23.1Light coral · ΔE 23.6Hot pink · ΔE 24.5Light pink · ΔE 24.5Rosy brown · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D7B2
Analogous#D779CD, #D78379
Triadic#9ED779, #799ED7
Split complementary#79D783, #79CDD7
Tetradic#CDD779, #79D7B2, #8379D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEFF3
Lighter +20%#EEC8D7
Lighter +10%#E3A0BA
Darker −10%#CB5282
Darker −20%#B43668
Darker −30%#8D2A51
Darker −40%#661E3A
More saturated +25%#ED6399
Less saturated −25%#C18FA3

Channel breakdown

R215
G121
B158
Red215 (84.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue336.38°
Saturation (HSL)54.02%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 79 · B 9E

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