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Recognised as Colour

#DD9E87

  • #DD9E87
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD9E87 is a orange with RGB values 221, 158, 135 and HSL 16°, 56%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD9E87#DD9E87
HEX#DD9E87
RGBrgb(221, 158, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6196, 0.5294
RGB percentages86.7%, 62%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(16, 55.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16, 38.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.5%, 38.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,524,039
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9E87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41575WCAG 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 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#226178

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADA585no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB287no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EC9498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 9.9Tan · ΔE 16.5Rosy brown · ΔE 16.7Burlywood · ΔE 17.3Light salmon · ΔE 17.6Light pink · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87C6DD
Analogous#DD879B, #DDC987
Triadic#87DD9E, #9E87DD
Split complementary#87DDC9, #879BDD
Tetradic#9BDD87, #87C6DD, #C987DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#F4DED6
Lighter +10%#E8BEAF
Darker −10%#D27E5F
Darker −20%#C65E38
Darker −30%#9E4B2D
Darker −40%#763822
More saturated +25%#F09574
Less saturated −25%#CAA79A

Channel breakdown

R221
G158
B135
Red221 (86.7%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue16.05°
Saturation (HSL)55.84%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9E · B 87

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