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Recognised as Colour

#D9917A

  • #D9917A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#D9917A is a red with RGB values 217, 145, 122 and HSL 15°, 56%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#D9917A#D9917A
HEX#D9917A
RGBrgb(217, 145, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5686, 0.4784
RGB percentages85.1%, 56.9%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(14.5, 55.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.5, 43.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 33.2%, 43.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,258,554
CSS custom property--colour: #D9917A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#266E85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39A78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4A879no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E9868Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 6.4Light salmon · ΔE 15.3Light coral · ΔE 18.6Rosy brown · ΔE 18.6Tan · ΔE 21.2Burlywood · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AC2D9
Analogous#D97A92, #D9C17A
Triadic#7AD991, #917AD9
Split complementary#7AD9C0, #7A93D9
Tetradic#92D97A, #7AC2D9, #C17AD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF3F1
Lighter +20%#F0D3C9
Lighter +10%#E4B2A2
Darker −10%#CE7052
Darker −20%#B85535
Darker −30%#914229
Darker −40%#69301E
More saturated +25%#EE8665
Less saturated −25%#C49C8F

Channel breakdown

R217
G145
B122
Red217 (85.1%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue14.53°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 91 · B 7A

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