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Colour

#DD99AA

  • #DD99AA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light pink

#DD99AA is a red with RGB values 221, 153, 170 and HSL 345°, 50%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light pink.

Colour values

#DD99AA#DD99AA
HEX#DD99AA
HEX (short)#D9A
RGBrgb(221, 153, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6, 0.6667
RGB percentages86.7%, 60%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(345, 50%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345, 30.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 30.8%, 23.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,522,794
CSS custom property--colour: #DD99AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#226655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A4ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B0A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E9959Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light pink · ΔE 11.4Rosy brown · ΔE 13.7Pink · ΔE 14Pale violetred · ΔE 20.2Thistle · ΔE 20.6Light coral · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight pink (#FFB6C1)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99DDCC
Analogous#DD99CC, #DDAA99
Triadic#AADD99, #99AADD
Split complementary#99DDAA, #99CCDD
Tetradic#CCDD99, #99DDCC, #AA99DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E6EA
Lighter +10%#EABFCA
Darker −10%#D0738A
Darker −20%#C44D6A
Darker −30%#A63753
Darker −40%#802A40
More saturated +25%#EE88A2
Less saturated −25%#CCAAB3

Channel breakdown

R221
G153
B170
Red221 (86.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue345°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 99 · B AA

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