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Recognised as Colour

#DB989E

  • #DB989E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DB989E is a red with RGB values 219, 152, 158 and HSL 355°, 48%, 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

#DB989E#DB989E
HEX#DB989E
RGBrgb(219, 152, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.5961, 0.6196
RGB percentages85.9%, 59.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(354.6, 48.2%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.6, 30.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK0%, 30.6%, 27.9%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,391,454
CSS custom property--colour: #DB989E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#246761

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A29Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AE9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E8929Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 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 text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.7Light pink · ΔE 11.9Pink · ΔE 14.7Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8Light coral · ΔE 21.3Pale violetred · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DBD5
Analogous#DB98BF, #DBB398
Triadic#9EDB98, #989EDB
Split complementary#98DBB3, #98C0DB
Tetradic#C0DB98, #98DBD5, #B398DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5E4E5
Lighter +10%#E8BEC2
Darker −10%#CE727A
Darker −20%#C14C57
Darker −30%#A23842
Darker −40%#7C2B32
More saturated +25%#EC8790
Less saturated −25%#CAA9AC

Channel breakdown

R219
G152
B158
Red219 (85.9%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue354.63°
Saturation (HSL)48.2%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DB · G 98 · B 9E

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