Recognised as Colour

#DB553D

#DB553D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#DB553D is a red with RGB values 219, 85, 61 and HSL 9°, 69%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#DB553D#DB553D

HEX#DB553D

RGBrgb(219, 85, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.3333, 0.2392

RGB percentages85.9%, 33.3%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(9.1, 68.7%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 72.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 72.1%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,374,205

CSS custom property--colour: #DB553D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#24AAC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6E3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B8C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F03550no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 12 Firebrick · ΔE 15.9 Coral · ΔE 16 Salmon · ΔE 18.7 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Indian red · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3DC3DB

Analogous#DB3D74, #DBA43D

Triadic#3DDB55, #553DDB

Split complementary#3DDBA4, #3D74DB

Tetradic#74DB3D, #3DC3DB, #A43DDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBECE9

Lighter +30%#F3C6BE

Lighter +20%#EBA093

Lighter +10%#E37B68

Darker −10%#C13C24

Darker −20%#962E1C

Darker −30%#6B2114

Darker −40%#40140C

More saturated +25%#F84120

Less saturated −25%#BE695A

Channel breakdown

R219

G85

B61

Red219 (85.9%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue9.11°

Saturation (HSL)68.7%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 55 · B 3D

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