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Recognised as Colour

#DC98BA

  • #DC98BA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#DC98BA is a red with RGB values 220, 152, 186 and HSL 330°, 49%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DC98BA#DC98BA
HEX#DC98BA
RGBrgb(220, 152, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5961, 0.7294
RGB percentages86.3%, 59.6%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(330, 49.3%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 30.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 30.9%, 15.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,457,018
CSS custom property--colour: #DC98BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#236745

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA5BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB0B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E597A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.2Light pink · ΔE 16.5Pink · ΔE 18.1Pale violetred · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 19.9Rosy brown · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DCBA
Analogous#DC98DC, #DC9898
Triadic#BADC98, #98BADC
Split complementary#98DC98, #98DCDC
Tetradic#DCDC98, #98DCBA, #9898DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E4ED
Lighter +10%#E9BED4
Darker −10%#CF72A1
Darker −20%#C24C87
Darker −30%#A3386E
Darker −40%#7D2B54
More saturated +25%#ED87BA
Less saturated −25%#CBA9BA

Channel breakdown

R220
G152
B186
Red220 (86.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 98 · B BA

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