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Recognised as Colour

#DC9E93

  • #DC9E93
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DC9E93 is a red with RGB values 220, 158, 147 and HSL 9°, 51%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#DC9E93#DC9E93
HEX#DC9E93
RGBrgb(220, 158, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6196, 0.5765
RGB percentages86.3%, 62%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(9, 51%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9, 33.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 28.2%, 33.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,458,515
CSS custom property--colour: #DC9E93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#23616C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA692no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB292no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EA969Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.9Dark salmon · ΔE 14.4Light pink · ΔE 15.6Pink · ΔE 17.5Tan · ΔE 19.6Burlywood · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93D1DC
Analogous#DC93AC, #DCC393
Triadic#93DC9E, #9E93DC
Split complementary#93DCC2, #93ACDC
Tetradic#ACDC93, #93D1DC, #C393DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5E3E0
Lighter +10%#E8C1BA
Darker −10%#D07B6C
Darker −20%#C35946
Darker −30%#A24534
Darker −40%#7B3428
More saturated +25%#EE9281
Less saturated −25%#CAAAA5

Channel breakdown

R220
G158
B147
Red220 (86.3%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue9.04°
Saturation (HSL)51.05%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 9E · B 93

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