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Recognised as Colour

#DD8B8F

  • #DD8B8F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DD8B8F is a red with RGB values 221, 139, 143 and HSL 357°, 55%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DD8B8F#DD8B8F
HEX#DD8B8F
RGBrgb(221, 139, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5451, 0.5608
RGB percentages86.7%, 54.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(357.1, 54.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.1, 37.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 37.1%, 35.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,519,183
CSS custom property--colour: #DD8B8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#227470

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B988Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA88Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EC828Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 14Rosy brown · ΔE 15.6Light pink · ΔE 16.3Dark salmon · ΔE 17.4Pale violetred · ΔE 18.4Pink · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BDDD9
Analogous#DD8BB8, #DDB08B
Triadic#8FDD8B, #8B8FDD
Split complementary#8BDDB0, #8BB8DD
Tetradic#B8DD8B, #8BDDD9, #B08BDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4DADB
Lighter +10%#E9B2B5
Darker −10%#D16469
Darker −20%#C63C43
Darker −30%#A02F34
Darker −40%#792328
More saturated +25%#F0787E
Less saturated −25%#CA9EA0

Channel breakdown

R221
G139
B143
Red221 (86.7%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue357.07°
Saturation (HSL)54.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 8B · B 8F

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