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Recognised as Colour

#DC9280

  • #DC9280
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DC9280 is a red with RGB values 220, 146, 128 and HSL 12°, 57%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DC9280#DC9280
HEX#DC9280
RGBrgb(220, 146, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5725, 0.502
RGB percentages86.3%, 57.3%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(11.7, 56.8%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.7, 41.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 41.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,455,424
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9280;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.47:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#236D7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39B7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5AA7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EC878Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.5Light salmon · ΔE 16.3Light coral · ΔE 17.1Rosy brown · ΔE 17.4Salmon · ΔE 21Light pink · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80CADC
Analogous#DC809C, #DCC080
Triadic#80DC92, #9280DC
Split complementary#80DCC0, #809CDC
Tetradic#9CDC80, #80CADC, #C080DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF9F8
Lighter +20%#F2D7D0
Lighter +10%#E7B4A8
Darker −10%#D17058
Darker −20%#C15035
Darker −30%#99402A
Darker −40%#712F1F
More saturated +25%#F0866C
Less saturated −25%#C89E94

Channel breakdown

R220
G146
B128
Red220 (86.3%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue11.74°
Saturation (HSL)56.79%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 92 · B 80

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