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Recognised as Colour

#DC8798

  • #DC8798
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#DC8798 is a red with RGB values 220, 135, 152 and HSL 348°, 55%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#DC8798#DC8798
HEX#DC8798
RGBrgb(220, 135, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5294, 0.5961
RGB percentages86.3%, 52.9%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(348, 54.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348, 38.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 38.6%, 30.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,452,632
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8798;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#237867

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959698no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAA596no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EA808Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 12.8Light pink · ΔE 16.8Light coral · ΔE 16.8Rosy brown · ΔE 17.8Pink · ΔE 20.9Indian red · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87DCCB
Analogous#DC87C3, #DCA187
Triadic#98DC87, #8798DC
Split complementary#87DCA1, #87C3DC
Tetradic#C3DC87, #87DCCB, #A187DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFDFE
Lighter +20%#F3D6DC
Lighter +10%#E8AEBA
Darker −10%#D06076
Darker −20%#C43955
Darker −30%#9C2E44
Darker −40%#752233
More saturated +25%#EF748C
Less saturated −25%#C99AA4

Channel breakdown

R220
G135
B152
Red220 (86.3%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue348°
Saturation (HSL)54.84%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 87 · B 98

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