Recognised as Colour

#DC757F

#DC757F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#DC757F is a red with RGB values 220, 117, 127 and HSL 354°, 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

#DC757F#DC757F

HEX#DC757F

RGBrgb(220, 117, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4588, 0.498

RGB percentages86.3%, 45.9%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(354.2, 59.5%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.2, 46.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 46.8%, 42.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,447,999

CSS custom property--colour: #DC757F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#238A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A877Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39C7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#ED6979no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 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 text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.5 Indian red · ΔE 12.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 13.2 Salmon · ΔE 17.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#75DCD2

Analogous#DC75B3, #DC9F75

Triadic#7FDC75, #757FDC

Split complementary#75DC9F, #75B3DC

Tetradic#B2DC75, #75DCD2, #9F75DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBEFF0

Lighter +20%#F1C6CA

Lighter +10%#E69EA5

Darker −10%#D24C59

Darker −20%#BB303D

Darker −30%#932530

Darker −40%#6A1B23

More saturated +25%#F25F6E

Less saturated −25%#C68B90

Channel breakdown

R220

G117

B127

Red220 (86.3%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue354.17°

Saturation (HSL)59.54%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 75 · B 7F

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