Recognised as Colour

#DC97A0

#DC97A0
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#DC97A0 is a red with RGB values 220, 151, 160 and HSL 352°, 50%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#DC97A0#DC97A0

HEX#DC97A0

RGBrgb(220, 151, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5922, 0.6275

RGB percentages86.3%, 59.2%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(352.2, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.2, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 31.4%, 27.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,456,736

CSS custom property--colour: #DC97A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#23685F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A2A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3AE9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E9919Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.7 Light pink · ΔE 11.7 Pink · ΔE 14.7 Light coral · ΔE 21.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97DCD3

Analogous#DC97C3, #DCB197

Triadic#A0DC97, #97A0DC

Split complementary#97DCB1, #97C3DC

Tetradic#C3DC97, #97DCD3, #B197DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6E3E6

Lighter +10%#E9BDC3

Darker −10%#CF717D

Darker −20%#C24B5A

Darker −30%#A33745

Darker −40%#7D2A35

More saturated +25%#ED8693

Less saturated −25%#CBA8AD

Channel breakdown

R220

G151

B160

Red220 (86.3%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue352.17°

Saturation (HSL)49.64%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 97 · B A0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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