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Recognised as Colour

#DD9F87

  • #DD9F87
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#DD9F87 is a orange with RGB values 221, 159, 135 and HSL 17°, 56%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#DD9F87#DD9F87
HEX#DD9F87
RGBrgb(221, 159, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6235, 0.5294
RGB percentages86.7%, 62.4%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(16.7, 55.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16.7, 38.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.1%, 38.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,524,295
CSS custom property--colour: #DD9F87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#226078

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEA685no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB287no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#EC9599no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 10.2Tan · ΔE 15.8Burlywood · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 17Light salmon · ΔE 17.7Light pink · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87C5DD
Analogous#DD879A, #DDCA87
Triadic#87DD9F, #9F87DD
Split complementary#87DDCA, #879ADD
Tetradic#9ADD87, #87C5DD, #CA87DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFE
Lighter +20%#F4DFD6
Lighter +10%#E8BFAF
Darker −10%#D27F5F
Darker −20%#C66038
Darker −30%#9E4C2D
Darker −40%#763922
More saturated +25%#F09674
Less saturated −25%#CAA89A

Channel breakdown

R221
G159
B135
Red221 (86.7%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue16.74°
Saturation (HSL)55.84%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 9F · B 87

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