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Recognised as Colour

#DB8B6D

  • #DB8B6D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DB8B6D is a orange with RGB values 219, 139, 109 and HSL 16°, 60%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DB8B6D#DB8B6D
HEX#DB8B6D
RGBrgb(219, 139, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.5451, 0.4275
RGB percentages85.9%, 54.5%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(16.4, 60.4%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.4, 50.2%, 85.9%)
CMYK0%, 36.5%, 50.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,388,077
CSS custom property--colour: #DB8B6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#247492

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F956Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A66Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EC7E83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 4.6Light salmon · ΔE 11.7Salmon · ΔE 18Light coral · ΔE 18Sandy brown · ΔE 20.4Peru · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 4.59, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DBDDB
Analogous#DB6D86, #DBC26D
Triadic#6DDB8B, #8B6DDB
Split complementary#6DDBC2, #6D86DB
Tetradic#86DB6D, #6DBDDB, #C26DDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9EDE8
Lighter +20%#EFCCBF
Lighter +10%#E5AC96
Darker −10%#D16A44
Darker −20%#B5522D
Darker −30%#8C3F23
Darker −40%#632D19
More saturated +25%#F28156
Less saturated −25%#C49584

Channel breakdown

R219
G139
B109
Red219 (85.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue16.36°
Saturation (HSL)60.44%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DB · G 8B · B 6D

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