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Recognised as Colour

#DD668A

  • #DD668A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#DD668A is a red with RGB values 221, 102, 138 and HSL 342°, 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

#DD668A#DD668A
HEX#DD668A
RGBrgb(221, 102, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4, 0.5412
RGB percentages86.7%, 40%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(341.8, 63.6%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.8, 53.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 53.8%, 37.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,509,706
CSS custom property--colour: #DD668A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#229975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B7F8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9687no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EE5B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 5.5Light coral · ΔE 19.6Indian red · ΔE 20.6Hot pink · ΔE 20.8Salmon · ΔE 27.9Medium violet red · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66DDB9
Analogous#DD66C5, #DD7E66
Triadic#8ADD66, #668ADD
Split complementary#66DD7E, #66C5DD
Tetradic#C5DD66, #66DDB9, #7E66DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E3EA
Lighter +20%#F0B9CA
Lighter +10%#E690AA
Darker −10%#D43C6A
Darker −20%#B52853
Darker −30%#8B1F40
Darker −40%#61162D
More saturated +25%#F44F81
Less saturated −25%#C67D93

Channel breakdown

R221
G102
B138
Red221 (86.7%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue341.85°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 66 · B 8A

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