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Recognised as Colour

#DD9870

  • #DD9870
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD9870 is a orange with RGB values 221, 152, 112 and HSL 22°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD9870#DD9870
HEX#DD9870
RGBrgb(221, 152, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.5961, 0.4392
RGB percentages86.7%, 59.6%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(22, 61.6%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 49.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 49.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,522,480
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9870;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#22678F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9F6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBAE70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EE8B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 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 text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.8Light salmon · ΔE 12.1Sandy brown · ΔE 16.3Burlywood · ΔE 16.6Peru · ΔE 17.9Tan · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70B5DD
Analogous#DD707E, #DDCF70
Triadic#70DD98, #9870DD
Split complementary#70DDCE, #707FDD
Tetradic#7EDD70, #70B5DD, #CE70DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF1EC
Lighter +20%#F1D3C2
Lighter +10%#E7B699
Darker −10%#D37A47
Darker −20%#BB612C
Darker −30%#914B23
Darker −40%#683619
More saturated +25%#F3925A
Less saturated −25%#C79E86

Channel breakdown

R221
G152
B112
Red221 (86.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue22.02°
Saturation (HSL)61.58%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 98 · B 70

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