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Recognised as Colour

#DC7277

  • #DC7277
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DC7277 is a red with RGB values 220, 114, 119 and HSL 357°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DC7277#DC7277
HEX#DC7277
RGBrgb(220, 114, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4471, 0.4667
RGB percentages86.3%, 44.7%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(357.2, 60.2%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.2, 48.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 48.2%, 45.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,447,223
CSS custom property--colour: #DC7277;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#238D88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#898477no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39A75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EE6474no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.7Indian red · ΔE 9.6Salmon · ΔE 14.9Pale violetred · ΔE 16.4Dark salmon · ΔE 20.1Light salmon · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72DCD7
Analogous#DC72AC, #DCA272
Triadic#77DC72, #7277DC
Split complementary#72DCA2, #72ACDC
Tetradic#ACDC72, #72DCD7, #A272DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEDED
Lighter +20%#F0C4C6
Lighter +10%#E69B9E
Darker −10%#D24950
Darker −20%#BA2E35
Darker −30%#912429
Darker −40%#681A1E
More saturated +25%#F25C63
Less saturated −25%#C6888B

Channel breakdown

R220
G114
B119
Red220 (86.3%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue357.17°
Saturation (HSL)60.23%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 72 · B 77

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