Colour

#D99CA6

#D99CA6
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#D99CA6 is a red with RGB values 217, 156, 166 and HSL 350°, 45%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#D99CA6

RGBrgb(217, 156, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6118, 0.651

RGB percentages85.1%, 61.2%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(350.2, 44.5%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 28.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 28.1%, 23.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,261,414

CSS custom property--colour: #D99CA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#266359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A5A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4B0A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E4979Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.2 Light pink · ΔE 11.4 Pink · ΔE 13.2 Thistle · ΔE 19.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9CD9CF

Analogous#D99CC4, #D9B19C

Triadic#A6D99C, #9CA6D9

Split complementary#9CD9B1, #9CC5D9

Tetradic#C5D99C, #9CD9CF, #B19CD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5E6E8

Lighter +10%#E7C1C7

Darker −10%#CB7785

Darker −20%#BD5264

Darker −30%#9F3D4D

Darker −40%#7A2F3B

More saturated +25%#EA8B9A

Less saturated −25%#C8ADB2

Channel breakdown

R217

G156

B166

Red217 (85.1%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue350.16°

Saturation (HSL)44.53%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G 9C · B A6

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Colour values

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