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Recognised as Colour

#D8656E

  • #D8656E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#D8656E is a red with RGB values 216, 101, 110 and HSL 355°, 60%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#D8656E#D8656E
HEX#D8656E
RGBrgb(216, 101, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.3961, 0.4314
RGB percentages84.7%, 39.6%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(355.3, 59.6%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.3, 53.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 53.2%, 49.1%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,181,742
CSS custom property--colour: #D8656E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#279A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E7B6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B926Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EA5569no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.5Light coral · ΔE 9.9Salmon · ΔE 15.9Pale violetred · ΔE 16.9Brown · ΔE 24.2Dark salmon · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65D8CF
Analogous#D865A7, #D89565
Triadic#6ED865, #656ED8
Split complementary#65D895, #65A7D8
Tetradic#A8D865, #65D8CF, #9665D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7DFE1
Lighter +20%#EDB6BB
Lighter +10%#E28E94
Darker −10%#CE3C48
Darker −20%#AC2B35
Darker −30%#832129
Darker −40%#5A171C
More saturated +25%#F04D5A
Less saturated −25%#C07D82

Channel breakdown

R216
G101
B110
Red216 (84.7%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue355.3°
Saturation (HSL)59.59%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G 65 · B 6E

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