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Recognised as Colour

#DD9593

  • #DD9593
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DD9593 is a red with RGB values 221, 149, 147 and HSL 2°, 52%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#DD9593#DD9593
HEX#DD9593
RGBrgb(221, 149, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5843, 0.5765
RGB percentages86.7%, 58.4%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(1.6, 52.1%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 33.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 32.6%, 33.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,521,747
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9593;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#226A6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39F93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AD92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EB8D95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.4Light pink · ΔE 14.3Dark salmon · ΔE 15.7Pink · ΔE 17.5Light coral · ΔE 17.8Pale violetred · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93DBDD
Analogous#DD93B6, #DDBA93
Triadic#93DD95, #9593DD
Split complementary#93DDBA, #93B6DD
Tetradic#B6DD93, #93DBDD, #BA93DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5E1E1
Lighter +10%#E9BBBA
Darker −10%#D16F6C
Darker −20%#C54945
Darker −30%#A43733
Darker −40%#7D2A27
More saturated +25%#EF8481
Less saturated −25%#CBA6A5

Channel breakdown

R221
G149
B147
Red221 (86.7%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue1.62°
Saturation (HSL)52.11%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 95 · B 93

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