Recognised as Colour

#DC6D68

#DC6D68
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#DC6D68 is a red with RGB values 220, 109, 104 and HSL 3°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#DC6D68

RGBrgb(220, 109, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4275, 0.4078

RGB percentages86.3%, 42.7%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(2.6, 62.4%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 52.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 50.5%, 52.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,445,928

CSS custom property--colour: #DC6D68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#239297

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#878067no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29766no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EF5C6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.1 Light coral · ΔE 7.9 Salmon · ΔE 10.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 18.8 Light salmon · ΔE 22.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68D7DC

Analogous#DC689D, #DCA768

Triadic#68DC6D, #6D68DC

Split complementary#68DCA7, #689DDC

Tetradic#9DDC68, #68D7DC, #A768DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9E5E4

Lighter +20%#EFBDBB

Lighter +10%#E69591

Darker −10%#D2453F

Darker −20%#B4302A

Darker −30%#8B2520

Darker −40%#611A17

More saturated +25%#F35851

Less saturated −25%#C5827F

Channel breakdown

R220

G109

B104

Red220 (86.3%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue2.59°

Saturation (HSL)62.37%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 6D · B 68

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