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Recognised as Colour

#DC98AA

  • #DC98AA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#DC98AA is a red with RGB values 220, 152, 170 and HSL 344°, 49%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#DC98AA#DC98AA
HEX#DC98AA
RGBrgb(220, 152, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5961, 0.6667
RGB percentages86.3%, 59.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(344.1, 49.3%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(344.1, 30.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 30.9%, 22.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,457,002
CSS custom property--colour: #DC98AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#236755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1AFA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E7949Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.9Rosy brown · ΔE 13.9Pink · ΔE 14.4Pale violetred · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 20.7Plum · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DCCA
Analogous#DC98CC, #DCA898
Triadic#AADC98, #98AADC
Split complementary#98DCA8, #98CCDC
Tetradic#CCDC98, #98DCCA, #A898DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E4E9
Lighter +10%#E9BEC9
Darker −10%#CF728B
Darker −20%#C24C6B
Darker −30%#A33854
Darker −40%#7D2B41
More saturated +25%#ED87A2
Less saturated −25%#CBA9B2

Channel breakdown

R220
G152
B170
Red220 (86.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue344.12°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 98 · B AA

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