Recognised as Colour

#DD5939

#DD5939
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#DD5939 is a red with RGB values 221, 89, 57 and HSL 12°, 71%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#DD5939#DD5939

HEX#DD5939

RGBrgb(221, 89, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.349, 0.2235

RGB percentages86.7%, 34.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(11.7, 70.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.7, 74.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 59.7%, 74.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,506,297

CSS custom property--colour: #DD5939;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#22A6C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E7135no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8E35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Tritanopia#F33A52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 11.1 Coral · ΔE 13.6 Chocolate · ΔE 18 Firebrick · ΔE 18.1 Salmon · ΔE 20 Brown · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#39BDDD

Analogous#DD396B, #DDAB39

Triadic#39DD59, #5939DD

Split complementary#39DDAB, #396BDD

Tetradic#6BDD39, #39BDDD, #AB39DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBEBE7

Lighter +30%#F3C6BC

Lighter +20%#ECA290

Lighter +10%#E47D65

Darker −10%#C24121

Darker −20%#96321A

Darker −30%#6B2412

Darker −40%#3F150B

More saturated +25%#FA471C

Less saturated −25%#C06B56

Channel breakdown

R221

G89

B57

Red221 (86.7%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue11.71°

Saturation (HSL)70.69%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 59 · B 39

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