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Recognised as Colour

#DD756E

  • #DD756E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DD756E is a red with RGB values 221, 117, 110 and HSL 4°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DD756E#DD756E
HEX#DD756E
RGBrgb(221, 117, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4588, 0.4314
RGB percentages86.7%, 45.9%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(3.8, 62%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.8, 50.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 47.1%, 50.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,513,518
CSS custom property--colour: #DD756E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#228A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D866Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69B6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EF6674no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.6Indian red · ΔE 9.1Salmon · ΔE 10.8Dark salmon · ΔE 15.6Light salmon · ΔE 20.2Pale violetred · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ED6DD
Analogous#DD6E9E, #DDAC6E
Triadic#6EDD75, #756EDD
Split complementary#6EDDAC, #6E9FDD
Tetradic#9FDD6E, #6ED6DD, #AC6EDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEBEA
Lighter +20%#F0C4C1
Lighter +10%#E79C97
Darker −10%#D34E45
Darker −20%#BA342B
Darker −30%#902922
Darker −40%#671D18
More saturated +25%#F36158
Less saturated −25%#C78984

Channel breakdown

R221
G117
B110
Red221 (86.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue3.78°
Saturation (HSL)62.01%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 75 · B 6E

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