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Recognised as Colour

#DC6756

  • #DC6756
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#DC6756 is a red with RGB values 220, 103, 86 and HSL 8°, 66%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#DC6756#DC6756
HEX#DC6756
RGBrgb(220, 103, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4039, 0.3373
RGB percentages86.3%, 40.4%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(7.6, 65.7%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 60.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 53.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,444,374
CSS custom property--colour: #DC6756;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#2398A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#857B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19453no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F05263no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.9Indian red · ΔE 10.3Light coral · ΔE 14.8Coral · ΔE 18.7Tomato · ΔE 20.5Dark salmon · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56CBDC
Analogous#DC5688, #DCAA56
Triadic#56DC67, #6756DC
Split complementary#56DCAA, #5688DC
Tetradic#88DC56, #56CBDC, #AA56DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6D9D5
Lighter +20%#EEB3AB
Lighter +10%#E58D80
Darker −10%#D3412C
Darker −20%#A93423
Darker −30%#7F271A
Darker −40%#551A12
More saturated +25%#F6543D
Less saturated −25%#C37A70

Channel breakdown

R220
G103
B86
Red220 (86.3%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue7.61°
Saturation (HSL)65.69%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 67 · B 56

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