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Recognised as Colour

#DC97A3

  • #DC97A3
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#DC97A3 is a red with RGB values 220, 151, 163 and HSL 350°, 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 Light pink.

Colour values

#DC97A3#DC97A3
HEX#DC97A3
RGBrgb(220, 151, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5922, 0.6392
RGB percentages86.3%, 59.2%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(349.6, 49.6%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.6, 31.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 31.4%, 25.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,456,739
CSS custom property--colour: #DC97A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#23685C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A2A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2AEA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E8929Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.6Rosy brown · ΔE 12.3Pink · ΔE 14.6Pale violetred · ΔE 20.4Light coral · ΔE 21.9Thistle · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97DCD0
Analogous#DC97C6, #DCAE97
Triadic#A3DC97, #97A3DC
Split complementary#97DCAE, #97C6DC
Tetradic#C6DC97, #97DCD0, #AE97DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E3E7
Lighter +10%#E9BDC5
Darker −10%#CF7181
Darker −20%#C24B5F
Darker −30%#A3374A
Darker −40%#7D2A38
More saturated +25%#ED8698
Less saturated −25%#CBA8AE

Channel breakdown

R220
G151
B163
Red220 (86.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue349.57°
Saturation (HSL)49.64%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 97 · B A3

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