Colour

#DC5E47

#DC5E47
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#DC5E47 is a red with RGB values 220, 94, 71 and HSL 9°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#DC5E47

RGBrgb(220, 94, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.3686, 0.2784

RGB percentages86.3%, 36.9%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(9.3, 68%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 67.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 57.3%, 67.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,442,055

CSS custom property--colour: #DC5E47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#23A1B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7444no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9044no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F14459no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 14.5 Tomato · ΔE 14.8 Coral · ΔE 15.4 Indian red · ΔE 15.9 Firebrick · ΔE 18.5 Brown · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47C5DC

Analogous#DC477A, #DCA947

Triadic#47DC5E, #5E47DC

Split complementary#47DCA9, #477ADC

Tetradic#7ADC47, #47C5DC, #A947DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF4F2

Lighter +30%#F4CEC8

Lighter +20%#ECA99D

Lighter +10%#E48372

Darker −10%#CA4026

Darker −20%#9F321E

Darker −30%#742516

Darker −40%#49170E

More saturated +25%#F74B2C

Less saturated −25%#C17162

Channel breakdown

R220

G94

B71

Red220 (86.3%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue9.26°

Saturation (HSL)68.04%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 5E · B 47

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