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Recognised as Colour

#DBA999

  • #DBA999
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DBA999 is a red with RGB values 219, 169, 153 and HSL 15°, 48%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#DBA999#DBA999
HEX#DBA999
RGBrgb(219, 169, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.6627, 0.6
RGB percentages85.9%, 66.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(14.5, 47.8%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.5, 30.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK0%, 22.8%, 30.1%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,395,801
CSS custom property--colour: #DBA999;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#245666

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5AE98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E7A2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 13.1Tan · ΔE 14.4Light pink · ΔE 17.5Burlywood · ΔE 17.6Dark salmon · ΔE 17.7Pink · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99CBDB
Analogous#DB99AA, #DBCA99
Triadic#99DBA9, #A999DB
Split complementary#99DBCA, #99AADB
Tetradic#AADB99, #99CBDB, #CA99DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E9E4
Lighter +10%#E8C9BF
Darker −10%#CE8973
Darker −20%#C0694E
Darker −30%#A25339
Darker −40%#7C3F2C
More saturated +25%#ECA088
Less saturated −25%#CAB2AA

Channel breakdown

R219
G169
B153
Red219 (85.9%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue14.55°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DB · G A9 · B 99

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