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Recognised as Colour

#DD796B

  • #DD796B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DD796B is a red with RGB values 221, 121, 107 and HSL 7°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DD796B#DD796B
HEX#DD796B
RGBrgb(221, 121, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4745, 0.4196
RGB percentages86.7%, 47.5%, 42%
HSLhsl(7.4, 62.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.4, 51.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 45.2%, 51.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,514,539
CSS custom property--colour: #DD796B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#228694

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918869no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99D69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EF6A76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.9Salmon · ΔE 10.4Indian red · ΔE 11.5Dark salmon · ΔE 12.6Light salmon · ΔE 17.1Sienna · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BCFDD
Analogous#DD6B96, #DDB26B
Triadic#6BDD79, #796BDD
Split complementary#6BDDB2, #6B96DD
Tetradic#96DD6B, #6BCFDD, #B26BDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEAE7
Lighter +20%#F0C4BE
Lighter +10%#E79F94
Darker −10%#D35342
Darker −20%#B83C2A
Darker −30%#8E2E21
Darker −40%#652117
More saturated +25%#F46854
Less saturated −25%#C68A82

Channel breakdown

R221
G121
B107
Red221 (86.7%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue7.37°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 79 · B 6B

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