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Recognised as Colour

#DD535B

  • #DD535B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#DD535B is a red with RGB values 221, 83, 91 and HSL 357°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#DD535B#DD535B
HEX#DD535B
RGBrgb(221, 83, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.3255, 0.3569
RGB percentages86.7%, 32.5%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(356.5, 67%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 62.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 62.4%, 58.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,504,795
CSS custom property--colour: #DD535B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#22ACA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76705Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#988D58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F13857no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 9.9Salmon · ΔE 16.5Light coral · ΔE 17.3Brown · ΔE 18.5Firebrick · ΔE 20.2Crimson · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53DDD5
Analogous#DD53A0, #DD9053
Triadic#5BDD53, #535BDD
Split complementary#53DD90, #53A0DD
Tetradic#A0DD53, #53DDD5, #9053DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFDFD
Lighter +30%#F6D3D5
Lighter +20%#EEA8AC
Lighter +10%#E57E84
Darker −10%#D32A34
Darker −20%#A92129
Darker −30%#7E191F
Darker −40%#531114
More saturated +25%#F73944
Less saturated −25%#C36D72

Channel breakdown

R221
G83
B91
Red221 (86.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue356.52°
Saturation (HSL)66.99%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 53 · B 5B

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