Recognised as Colour

#DD6656

#DD6656
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#DD6656 is a red with RGB values 221, 102, 86 and HSL 7°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#DD6656

RGBrgb(221, 102, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4, 0.3373

RGB percentages86.7%, 40%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(7.1, 66.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.1, 61.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 53.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,509,654

CSS custom property--colour: #DD6656;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.11:1

Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#2299A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#847B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A19453no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#F15063no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.9 Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Light coral · ΔE 14.9 Coral · ΔE 18.7 Tomato · ΔE 20 Brown · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56CDDD

Analogous#DD568A, #DDA956

Triadic#56DD66, #6656DD

Split complementary#56DDAA, #568ADD

Tetradic#8ADD56, #56CDDD, #A956DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7D9D5

Lighter +20%#EEB3AB

Lighter +10%#E68C80

Darker −10%#D4402C

Darker −20%#AB3222

Darker −30%#80261A

Darker −40%#561911

More saturated +25%#F6533D

Less saturated −25%#C4796F

Channel breakdown

R221

G102

B86

Red221 (86.7%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue7.11°

Saturation (HSL)66.5%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 66 · B 56

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