Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DD698E

  • #DD698E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#DD698E is a red with RGB values 221, 105, 142 and HSL 341°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#DD698E#DD698E
HEX#DD698E
RGBrgb(221, 105, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4118, 0.5569
RGB percentages86.7%, 41.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(340.9, 63%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.9, 52.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 52.5%, 35.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,510,478
CSS custom property--colour: #DD698E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#229671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D818Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B978Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ED5F77no 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 text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 3.9Light coral · ΔE 20.2Hot pink · ΔE 20.4Indian red · ΔE 21.8Salmon · ΔE 28.9Light pink · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 3.91, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69DDB8
Analogous#DD69C8, #DD7E69
Triadic#8EDD69, #698EDD
Split complementary#69DD7E, #69C8DD
Tetradic#C8DD69, #69DDB8, #7E69DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E6EC
Lighter +20%#F0BCCD
Lighter +10%#E693AD
Darker −10%#D43F6F
Darker −20%#B72956
Darker −30%#8D2043
Darker −40%#63172F
More saturated +25%#F45286
Less saturated −25%#C68096

Channel breakdown

R221
G105
B142
Red221 (86.7%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue340.86°
Saturation (HSL)63.04%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 69 · B 8E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “dd698e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.