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Recognised as Colour

#DD896B

  • #DD896B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD896B is a orange with RGB values 221, 137, 107 and HSL 16°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD896B#DD896B
HEX#DD896B
RGBrgb(221, 137, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5373, 0.4196
RGB percentages86.7%, 53.7%, 42%
HSLhsl(15.8, 62.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.8, 51.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 38%, 51.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,518,635
CSS custom property--colour: #DD896B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#227694

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9468no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A56Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EF7B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 5.1Light salmon · ΔE 11Salmon · ΔE 16.4Light coral · ΔE 17.1Peru · ΔE 20.2Sandy brown · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BBFDD
Analogous#DD6B86, #DDC26B
Triadic#6BDD89, #896BDD
Split complementary#6BDDC2, #6B86DD
Tetradic#86DD6B, #6BBFDD, #C26BDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAECE7
Lighter +20%#F0CBBE
Lighter +10%#E7AA94
Darker −10%#D36842
Darker −20%#B84F2A
Darker −30%#8E3E21
Darker −40%#652C17
More saturated +25%#F47E54
Less saturated −25%#C69482

Channel breakdown

R221
G137
B107
Red221 (86.7%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue15.79°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 89 · B 6B

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