Recognised as Colour

#DC7E74

#DC7E74
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#DC7E74 is a red with RGB values 220, 126, 116 and HSL 6°, 60%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#DC7E74

RGBrgb(220, 126, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4941, 0.4549

RGB percentages86.3%, 49.4%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(5.8, 59.8%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.8, 47.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 42.7%, 47.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,450,292

CSS custom property--colour: #DC7E74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1

Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#23818B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938C73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9F72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EE717Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 11.8 Salmon · ΔE 13.4 Indian red · ΔE 13.5 Light salmon · ΔE 18.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74D2DC

Analogous#DC749E, #DCB274

Triadic#74DC7E, #7E74DC

Split complementary#74DCB2, #749EDC

Tetradic#9EDC74, #74D2DC, #B274DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBEFEE

Lighter +20%#F1CAC5

Lighter +10%#E6A49D

Darker −10%#D2584B

Darker −20%#BB3D2F

Darker −30%#922F25

Darker −40%#69221B

More saturated +25%#F26C5E

Less saturated −25%#C6908A

Channel breakdown

R220

G126

B116

Red220 (86.3%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue5.77°

Saturation (HSL)59.77%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 7E · B 74

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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