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Recognised as Colour

#DC8BAA

  • #DC8BAA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#DC8BAA is a red with RGB values 220, 139, 170 and HSL 337°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#DC8BAA#DC8BAA
HEX#DC8BAA
RGBrgb(220, 139, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5451, 0.6667
RGB percentages86.3%, 54.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(337, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(337, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 36.8%, 22.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,453,674
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8BAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.32:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#237455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959AABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8A8A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E88796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 12.9Light pink · ΔE 17.8Plum · ΔE 19.9Rosy brown · ΔE 20.8Pink · ΔE 20.9Light coral · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 12.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BDCBD
Analogous#DC8BD3, #DC958B
Triadic#AADC8B, #8BAADC
Split complementary#8BDC95, #8BD2DC
Tetradic#D2DC8B, #8BDCBD, #948BDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4D9E3
Lighter +10%#E8B2C7
Darker −10%#D0648D
Darker −20%#C43D71
Darker −30%#9E305A
Darker −40%#772444
More saturated +25%#EF78A6
Less saturated −25%#C99EAE

Channel breakdown

R220
G139
B170
Red220 (86.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue337.04°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 8B · B AA

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