Recognised as Colour

#DC4559

#DC4559
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#DC4559 is a red with RGB values 220, 69, 89 and HSL 352°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#DC4559#DC4559

HEX#DC4559

RGBrgb(220, 69, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.2706, 0.349

RGB percentages86.3%, 27.1%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(352.1, 68.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 68.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 59.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,435,673

CSS custom property--colour: #DC4559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#23BAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6859no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#938855no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F11F4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14.9 Crimson · ΔE 16.6 Brown · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Salmon · ΔE 21.9 Light coral · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#45DCC8

Analogous#DC45A4, #DC7C45

Triadic#59DC45, #4559DC

Split complementary#45DC7C, #45A5DC

Tetradic#A4DC45, #45DCC8, #7D45DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF1F2

Lighter +30%#F4C6CC

Lighter +20%#EC9BA6

Lighter +10%#E4707F

Darker −10%#C8263B

Darker −20%#9D1E2F

Darker −30%#721622

Darker −40%#480D15

More saturated +25%#F82945

Less saturated −25%#C0616D

Channel breakdown

R220

G69

B89

Red220 (86.3%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue352.05°

Saturation (HSL)68.33%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 45 · B 59

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