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Recognised as Colour

#D9979D

  • #D9979D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#D9979D is a red with RGB values 217, 151, 157 and HSL 355°, 46%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#D9979D#D9979D
HEX#D9979D
RGBrgb(217, 151, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5922, 0.6157
RGB percentages85.1%, 59.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(354.5, 46.5%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.5, 30.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 30.4%, 27.6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,260,125
CSS custom property--colour: #D9979D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#266862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A19Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AD9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#E59199no 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 text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.1Light pink · ΔE 12.4Pink · ΔE 15.1Dark salmon · ΔE 21Light coral · ΔE 21.6Pale violetred · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97D9D3
Analogous#D997BE, #D9B297
Triadic#9DD997, #979DD9
Split complementary#97D9B2, #97BED9
Tetradic#BED997, #97D9D3, #B297D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4E2E3
Lighter +10%#E7BCC0
Darker −10%#CB727A
Darker −20%#BE4C57
Darker −30%#9D3A43
Darker −40%#782C33
More saturated +25%#EB858E
Less saturated −25%#C7A9AC

Channel breakdown

R217
G151
B157
Red217 (85.1%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue354.55°
Saturation (HSL)46.48%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 97 · B 9D

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