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Colour

#DD7579

  • #DD7579
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DD7579 is a red with RGB values 221, 117, 121 and HSL 358°, 60%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DD7579#DD7579
HEX#DD7579
RGBrgb(221, 117, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4588, 0.4745
RGB percentages86.7%, 45.9%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(357.7, 60.5%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.7, 47.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 47.1%, 45.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,513,529
CSS custom property--colour: #DD7579;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.9:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#228A86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8779no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59C77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EF6877no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.3Indian red · ΔE 10.5Salmon · ΔE 14.8Pale violetred · ΔE 16.6Dark salmon · ΔE 19.1Light salmon · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75DDD9
Analogous#DD75AD, #DDA575
Triadic#79DD75, #7579DD
Split complementary#75DDA5, #75ADDD
Tetradic#ADDD75, #75DDD9, #A575DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF0F0
Lighter +20%#F1C7C8
Lighter +10%#E79EA1
Darker −10%#D34C51
Darker −20%#BD2F34
Darker −30%#942529
Darker −40%#6C1A1E
More saturated +25%#F35F65
Less saturated −25%#C88A8D

Channel breakdown

R221
G117
B121
Red221 (86.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue357.69°
Saturation (HSL)60.47%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 75 · B 79

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