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Recognised as Colour

#DD357A

  • #DD357A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#DD357A is a red with RGB values 221, 53, 122 and HSL 335°, 71%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#DD357A#DD357A
HEX#DD357A
RGBrgb(221, 53, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.2078, 0.4784
RGB percentages86.7%, 20.8%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(335.4, 71.2%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.4, 76%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 76%, 44.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,497,146
CSS custom property--colour: #DD357A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#22CA85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C657Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#898576no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F01053no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 17.9Deep pink · ΔE 18.7Hot pink · ΔE 19.1Pale violetred · ΔE 24.4Indian red · ΔE 31.2Crimson · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 17.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35DD98
Analogous#DD35CE, #DD4435
Triadic#7ADD35, #357ADD
Split complementary#35DD44, #35CEDD
Tetradic#CEDD35, #35DD98, #4435DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAE4ED
Lighter +30%#F3B8D0
Lighter +20%#EC8CB3
Lighter +10%#E46197
Darker −10%#BF2061
Darker −20%#93194B
Darker −30%#681135
Darker −40%#3C0A1F
More saturated +25%#FB1775
Less saturated −25%#C0527F

Channel breakdown

R221
G53
B122
Red221 (86.7%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue335.36°
Saturation (HSL)71.19%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 35 · B 7A

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