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Recognised as Colour

#DC6D74

  • #DC6D74
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DC6D74 is a red with RGB values 220, 109, 116 and HSL 356°, 61%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DC6D74#DC6D74
HEX#DC6D74
RGBrgb(220, 109, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4275, 0.4549
RGB percentages86.3%, 42.7%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(356.2, 61.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.2, 50.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 50.5%, 47.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,445,940
CSS custom property--colour: #DC6D74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#23928B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858174no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19772no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EE5E70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.5Indian red · ΔE 8.2Salmon · ΔE 14.8Pale violetred · ΔE 16.3Dark salmon · ΔE 22Brown · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DDCD5
Analogous#DC6DAB, #DC9D6D
Triadic#74DC6D, #6D74DC
Split complementary#6DDC9D, #6DABDC
Tetradic#ACDC6D, #6DDCD5, #9E6DDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE8E9
Lighter +20%#F0BFC2
Lighter +10%#E6969B
Darker −10%#D2444D
Darker −20%#B72C35
Darker −30%#8E2229
Darker −40%#65181D
More saturated +25%#F35660
Less saturated −25%#C58488

Channel breakdown

R220
G109
B116
Red220 (86.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue356.22°
Saturation (HSL)61.33%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 6D · B 74

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