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Recognised as Colour

#DC757D

  • #DC757D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DC757D is a red with RGB values 220, 117, 125 and HSL 355°, 60%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DC757D#DC757D
HEX#DC757D
RGBrgb(220, 117, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4588, 0.4902
RGB percentages86.3%, 45.9%, 49%
HSLhsl(355.3, 59.5%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.3, 46.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 46.8%, 43.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,447,997
CSS custom property--colour: #DC757D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#238A82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A877Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49B7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ED6878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.8Indian red · ΔE 12Pale violetred · ΔE 14.3Salmon · ΔE 16.9Dark salmon · ΔE 20.6Rosy brown · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75DCD4
Analogous#DC75B1, #DCA075
Triadic#7DDC75, #757DDC
Split complementary#75DCA0, #75B1DC
Tetradic#B1DC75, #75DCD4, #A175DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEFF0
Lighter +20%#F1C6CA
Lighter +10%#E69EA3
Darker −10%#D24C57
Darker −20%#BB303A
Darker −30%#93252E
Darker −40%#6A1B21
More saturated +25%#F25F6B
Less saturated −25%#C68B8F

Channel breakdown

R220
G117
B125
Red220 (86.3%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue355.34°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 75 · B 7D

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