Recognised as Colour

#DC6978

#DC6978
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#DC6978 is a red with RGB values 220, 105, 120 and HSL 352°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DC6978#DC6978

HEX#DC6978

RGBrgb(220, 105, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4118, 0.4706

RGB percentages86.3%, 41.2%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(352.2, 62.2%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.2, 52.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 52.3%, 45.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,444,920

CSS custom property--colour: #DC6978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#239687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#817F78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9676no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Tritanopia#EE5A6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 10.3 Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 13.1 Salmon · ΔE 18 Dark salmon · ΔE 25.7 Brown · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69DCCD

Analogous#DC69B2, #DC9369

Triadic#78DC69, #6978DC

Split complementary#69DC93, #69B2DC

Tetradic#B2DC69, #69DCCD, #9369DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9E5E8

Lighter +20%#EFBCC2

Lighter +10%#E6929D

Darker −10%#D24053

Darker −20%#B52A3C

Darker −30%#8B212E

Darker −40%#621721

More saturated +25%#F35267

Less saturated −25%#C58089

Channel breakdown

R220

G105

B120

Red220 (86.3%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue352.17°

Saturation (HSL)62.16%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 69 · B 78

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Colour values

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