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Recognised as Colour

#DC7E6A

  • #DC7E6A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DC7E6A is a red with RGB values 220, 126, 106 and HSL 11°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DC7E6A#DC7E6A
HEX#DC7E6A
RGBrgb(220, 126, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4941, 0.4157
RGB percentages86.3%, 49.4%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(10.5, 62%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 51.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 42.7%, 51.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,450,282
CSS custom property--colour: #DC7E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#238195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#958C68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9F69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EE6F79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.5Light coral · ΔE 11.7Salmon · ΔE 12.1Light salmon · ΔE 14.6Indian red · ΔE 14.8Sienna · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AC8DC
Analogous#DC6A8F, #DCB76A
Triadic#6ADC7E, #7E6ADC
Split complementary#6ADCB7, #6A8FDC
Tetradic#8FDC6A, #6AC8DC, #B76ADC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E9E6
Lighter +20%#EFC6BD
Lighter +10%#E6A293
Darker −10%#D25A41
Darker −20%#B5432B
Darker −30%#8C3421
Darker −40%#632417
More saturated +25%#F36F53
Less saturated −25%#C58D81

Channel breakdown

R220
G126
B106
Red220 (86.3%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue10.53°
Saturation (HSL)61.96%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 7E · B 6A

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