Recognised as Colour

#DD9B98

#DD9B98
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#DD9B98 is a red with RGB values 221, 155, 152 and HSL 3°, 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 Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#DD9B98

RGBrgb(221, 155, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6078, 0.5961

RGB percentages86.7%, 60.8%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(2.6, 50.4%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 31.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 29.9%, 31.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,523,288

CSS custom property--colour: #DD9B98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#226467

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A498no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7B197no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EA949Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11 Light pink · ΔE 13.1 Pink · ΔE 15.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.7 Light coral · ΔE 20.6 Tan · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#98DADD

Analogous#DD98B8, #DDBE98

Triadic#98DD9B, #9B98DD

Split complementary#98DDBD, #98B8DD

Tetradic#B8DD98, #98DADD, #BD98DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6E5E5

Lighter +10%#EAC0BE

Darker −10%#D07672

Darker −20%#C4514B

Darker −30%#A53B37

Darker −40%#7F2E2A

More saturated +25%#EE8B87

Less saturated −25%#CCABA9

Channel breakdown

R221

G155

B152

Red221 (86.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue2.61°

Saturation (HSL)50.36%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 9B · B 98

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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