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Recognised as Colour

#D79796

  • #D79796
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#D79796 is a red with RGB values 215, 151, 150 and HSL 1°, 45%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#D79796#D79796
HEX#D79796
RGBrgb(215, 151, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.5922, 0.5882
RGB percentages84.3%, 59.2%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(0.9, 44.8%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 30.2%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 29.8%, 30.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,129,046
CSS custom property--colour: #D79796;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#286869

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A096no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AC95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E49097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 9.2Light pink · ΔE 14.1Pink · ΔE 16.5Dark salmon · ΔE 18.1Light coral · ΔE 21.2Tan · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96D6D7
Analogous#D796B5, #D7B796
Triadic#96D797, #9796D7
Split complementary#96D7B7, #96B6D7
Tetradic#B6D796, #96D6D7, #B796D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3E0E0
Lighter +10%#E5BCBB
Darker −10%#C97271
Darker −20%#BB4E4C
Darker −30%#9A3C3A
Darker −40%#752E2C
More saturated +25%#E98584
Less saturated −25%#C5A9A8

Channel breakdown

R215
G151
B150
Red215 (84.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue0.92°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 97 · B 96

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