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Recognised as Colour

#D9999F

  • #D9999F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#D9999F is a red with RGB values 217, 153, 159 and HSL 354°, 46%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#D9999F#D9999F
HEX#D9999F
RGBrgb(217, 153, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6, 0.6235
RGB percentages85.1%, 60%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(354.4, 45.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.4, 29.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 29.5%, 26.7%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,260,639
CSS custom property--colour: #D9999F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#266660

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AE9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#E5939Bno 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 text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 9.8Light pink · ΔE 12.1Pink · ΔE 14.5Dark salmon · ΔE 21.5Thistle · ΔE 22.2Light coral · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99D9D3
Analogous#D999BF, #D9B399
Triadic#9FD999, #999FD9
Split complementary#99D9B3, #99BFD9
Tetradic#BFD999, #99D9D3, #B399D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5E3E5
Lighter +10%#E7BEC2
Darker −10%#CB747C
Darker −20%#BD4F59
Darker −30%#9E3B44
Darker −40%#792D34
More saturated +25%#EB8891
Less saturated −25%#C7ABAD

Channel breakdown

R217
G153
B159
Red217 (85.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue354.38°
Saturation (HSL)45.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 99 · B 9F

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