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Recognised as Colour

#D79A9E

  • #D79A9E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#D79A9E is a red with RGB values 215, 154, 158 and HSL 356°, 43%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#D79A9E#D79A9E
HEX#D79A9E
RGBrgb(215, 154, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6039, 0.6196
RGB percentages84.3%, 60.4%, 62%
HSLhsl(356.1, 43.3%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.1, 28.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK0%, 28.4%, 26.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,129,822
CSS custom property--colour: #D79A9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#286561

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A39Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AE9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E3949Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.7Light pink · ΔE 12.6Pink · ΔE 14.6Dark salmon · ΔE 21.3Thistle · ΔE 21.9Light coral · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AD7D3
Analogous#D79ABD, #D7B49A
Triadic#9ED79A, #9A9ED7
Split complementary#9AD7B4, #9ABDD7
Tetradic#BCD79A, #9AD7D3, #B49AD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4E3E4
Lighter +10%#E5BFC1
Darker −10%#C9757B
Darker −20%#BA5158
Darker −30%#9B3D43
Darker −40%#762F33
More saturated +25%#E9888F
Less saturated −25%#C5ACAD

Channel breakdown

R215
G154
B158
Red215 (84.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue356.07°
Saturation (HSL)43.26%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D7 · G 9A · B 9E

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