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Recognised as Colour

#DA6872

  • #DA6872
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#DA6872 is a red with RGB values 218, 104, 114 and HSL 355°, 61%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#DA6872#DA6872
HEX#DA6872
RGBrgb(218, 104, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.4078, 0.4471
RGB percentages85.5%, 40.8%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(354.7, 60.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.7, 52.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 52.3%, 47.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,313,586
CSS custom property--colour: #DA6872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#25978D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#817D72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EC586Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 7.8Light coral · ΔE 9.3Pale violetred · ΔE 15.7Salmon · ΔE 16.1Dark salmon · ΔE 24.1Brown · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68DAD0
Analogous#DA68AB, #DA9768
Triadic#72DA68, #6872DA
Split complementary#68DA97, #68ABDA
Tetradic#ABDA68, #68DAD0, #9768DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E3E5
Lighter +20%#EEBABF
Lighter +10%#E49198
Darker −10%#D03F4C
Darker −20%#B12B37
Darker −30%#88212A
Darker −40%#5F171E
More saturated +25%#F2515F
Less saturated −25%#C38085

Channel breakdown

R218
G104
B114
Red218 (85.5%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue354.74°
Saturation (HSL)60.64%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DA · G 68 · B 72

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