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Recognised as Colour

#DC6D59

  • #DC6D59
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#DC6D59 is a red with RGB values 220, 109, 89 and HSL 9°, 65%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#DC6D59#DC6D59
HEX#DC6D59
RGBrgb(220, 109, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4275, 0.349
RGB percentages86.3%, 42.7%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(9.2, 65.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 59.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 50.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,445,913
CSS custom property--colour: #DC6D59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#2392A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#897F57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F05968no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.4Indian red · ΔE 11.2Light coral · ΔE 13.9Dark salmon · ΔE 17.8Coral · ΔE 18.6Light salmon · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59C8DC
Analogous#DC5987, #DCAF59
Triadic#59DC6D, #6D59DC
Split complementary#59DCAF, #5986DC
Tetradic#86DC59, #59C8DC, #AF59DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7DCD7
Lighter +20%#EEB7AD
Lighter +10%#E59283
Darker −10%#D3482F
Darker −20%#AB3924
Darker −30%#812B1B
Darker −40%#571D12
More saturated +25%#F55C40
Less saturated −25%#C37E72

Channel breakdown

R220
G109
B89
Red220 (86.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue9.16°
Saturation (HSL)65.17%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 6D · B 59

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