Recognised as Colour

#D79DB4

#D79DB4
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light pink

#D79DB4 is a red with RGB values 215, 157, 180 and HSL 336°, 42%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#D79DB4#D79DB4

HEX#D79DB4

RGBrgb(215, 157, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.6157, 0.7059

RGB percentages84.3%, 61.6%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(336.2, 42%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.2, 27%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 27%, 16.3%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,130,612

CSS custom property--colour: #D79DB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#28624B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A7B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0B1B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E09BA5no 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 text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 13.6 Pink · ΔE 14.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.7 Thistle · ΔE 16.1 Plum · ΔE 20.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DD7C0

Analogous#D79DD1, #D7A39D

Triadic#B4D79D, #9DB4D7

Split complementary#9DD7A3, #9DD1D7

Tetradic#D1D79D, #9DD7C0, #A39DD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5E5EB

Lighter +10%#E6C1D0

Darker −10%#C87998

Darker −20%#B9557D

Darker −30%#9C3F64

Darker −40%#77314D

More saturated +25%#E88CB0

Less saturated −25%#C6AEB8

Channel breakdown

R215

G157

B180

Red215 (84.3%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue336.21°

Saturation (HSL)42.03%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G 9D · B B4

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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