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Recognised as Colour

#D97C78

  • #D97C78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#D97C78 is a red with RGB values 217, 124, 120 and HSL 2°, 56%, 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 Light coral.

Colour values

#D97C78#D97C78
HEX#D97C78
RGBrgb(217, 124, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.4863, 0.4706
RGB percentages85.1%, 48.6%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(2.5, 56.1%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 44.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 42.9%, 44.7%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,253,176
CSS custom property--colour: #D97C78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.1:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#268387

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#908B77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79D76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EA707Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.4Indian red · ΔE 13.4Dark salmon · ΔE 14.4Salmon · ΔE 15.6Pale violetred · ΔE 20.3Light salmon · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78D5D9
Analogous#D978A5, #D9AC78
Triadic#78D97C, #7C78D9
Split complementary#78D9AC, #78A5D9
Tetradic#A5D978, #78D5D9, #AC78D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF0EF
Lighter +20%#EFC9C8
Lighter +10%#E4A3A0
Darker −10%#CE5550
Darker −20%#B73934
Darker −30%#902D28
Darker −40%#68201D
More saturated +25%#EF6862
Less saturated −25%#C3908E

Channel breakdown

R217
G124
B120
Red217 (85.1%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue2.47°
Saturation (HSL)56.07%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 7C · B 78

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