Recognised as Colour

#DC7472

#DC7472
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#DC7472 is a red with RGB values 220, 116, 114 and HSL 1°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#DC7472

RGBrgb(220, 116, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4549, 0.4471

RGB percentages86.3%, 45.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(1.1, 60.2%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.1, 48.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 47.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,447,730

CSS custom property--colour: #DC7472;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1

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

Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#238B8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B8571no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59B70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EE6574no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6 Indian red · ΔE 9 Salmon · ΔE 12.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 17.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.9 Light salmon · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72DADC

Analogous#DC72A5, #DCA972

Triadic#72DC74, #7472DC

Split complementary#72DCA9, #72A5DC

Tetradic#A5DC72, #72DADC, #A972DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAEDED

Lighter +20%#F0C5C4

Lighter +10%#E69C9B

Darker −10%#D24C49

Darker −20%#BA312E

Darker −30%#912624

Darker −40%#681B1A

More saturated +25%#F25F5C

Less saturated −25%#C68988

Channel breakdown

R220

G116

B114

Red220 (86.3%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue1.13°

Saturation (HSL)60.23%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 74 · B 72

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