Recognised as Colour

#DC594B

#DC594B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#DC594B is a red with RGB values 220, 89, 75 and HSL 6°, 67%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#DC594B#DC594B

HEX#DC594B

RGBrgb(220, 89, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.349, 0.2941

RGB percentages86.3%, 34.9%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(5.8, 67.4%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.8, 65.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 59.5%, 65.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,440,779

CSS custom property--colour: #DC594B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#23A6B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B7249no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8E48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Tritanopia#F13D56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.5 Salmon · ΔE 14.4 Tomato · ΔE 15.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 17.8 Coral · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4BCEDC

Analogous#DC4B86, #DCA24B

Triadic#4BDC59, #594BDC

Split complementary#4BDCA1, #4B86DC

Tetradic#85DC4B, #4BCEDC, #A14BDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF7F6

Lighter +30%#F5CFCB

Lighter +20%#EDA8A0

Lighter +10%#E48076

Darker −10%#CC3828

Darker −20%#A22C1F

Darker −30%#772017

Darker −40%#4C150F

More saturated +25%#F74330

Less saturated −25%#C16F66

Channel breakdown

R220

G89

B75

Red220 (86.3%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue5.79°

Saturation (HSL)67.44%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 59 · B 4B

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