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Recognised as Colour

#DC8B8F

  • #DC8B8F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DC8B8F is a red with RGB values 220, 139, 143 and HSL 357°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DC8B8F#DC8B8F
HEX#DC8B8F
RGBrgb(220, 139, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5451, 0.5608
RGB percentages86.3%, 54.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(357, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 36.8%, 35%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,453,647
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8B8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#237470

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A988Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA78Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EB828Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 14.4Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2Light pink · ΔE 16.3Dark salmon · ΔE 17.5Pale violetred · ΔE 18.5Pink · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BDCD8
Analogous#DC8BB8, #DCAF8B
Triadic#8FDC8B, #8B8FDC
Split complementary#8BDCAF, #8BB8DC
Tetradic#B8DC8B, #8BDCD8, #AF8BDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4D9DB
Lighter +10%#E8B2B5
Darker −10%#D06469
Darker −20%#C43D43
Darker −30%#9E3035
Darker −40%#772428
More saturated +25%#EF787E
Less saturated −25%#C99EA0

Channel breakdown

R220
G139
B143
Red220 (86.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue357.04°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 8B · B 8F

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