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Recognised as Colour

#DC9990

  • #DC9990
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DC9990 is a red with RGB values 220, 153, 144 and HSL 7°, 52%, 71%. 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

#DC9990#DC9990
HEX#DC9990
RGBrgb(220, 153, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6, 0.5647
RGB percentages86.3%, 60%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(7.1, 52.1%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.1, 34.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 30.5%, 34.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,457,232
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9990;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 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#23666F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A28Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7AF8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EA9197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 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

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.3Dark salmon · ΔE 13.5Light pink · ΔE 15.7Pink · ΔE 18.2Light coral · ΔE 19.7Light salmon · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90D3DC
Analogous#DC90AD, #DCBF90
Triadic#90DC99, #9990DC
Split complementary#90DCBF, #90ADDC
Tetradic#ADDC90, #90D3DC, #BF90DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4E0DE
Lighter +10%#E8BDB7
Darker −10%#D07569
Darker −20%#C45242
Darker −30%#A04033
Darker −40%#7A3026
More saturated +25%#EE8B7E
Less saturated −25%#CAA7A2

Channel breakdown

R220
G153
B144
Red220 (86.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue7.11°
Saturation (HSL)52.05%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 99 · B 90

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