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Recognised as Colour

#DD648B

  • #DD648B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#DD648B is a red with RGB values 221, 100, 139 and HSL 341°, 64%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#DD648B#DD648B
HEX#DD648B
RGBrgb(221, 100, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.3922, 0.5451
RGB percentages86.7%, 39.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(340.7, 64%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.7, 54.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 54.8%, 37.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,509,195
CSS custom property--colour: #DD648B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.27:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#229B74

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#797E8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#999588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EE5973no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#64DDB6
Analogous#DD64C8, #DD7A64
Triadic#8BDD64, #648BDD
Split complementary#64DD79, #64C8DD
Tetradic#C7DD64, #64DDB6, #7964DD

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E1E9
Lighter +20%#EFB8CA
Lighter +10%#E68EAA
Darker −10%#D43A6C
Darker −20%#B42755
Darker −30%#8A1E41
Darker −40%#60152D
More saturated +25%#F54C83
Less saturated −25%#C57C93

Channel breakdown

R221
G100
B139
Red221 (86.7%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue340.66°
Saturation (HSL)64.02%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 64 · B 8B

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