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Recognised as Colour

#DE6956

  • #DE6956
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Salmon

#DE6956 is a red with RGB values 222, 105, 86 and HSL 8°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#DE6956#DE6956
HEX#DE6956
RGBrgb(222, 105, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4118, 0.3373
RGB percentages87.1%, 41.2%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(8.4, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.4, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 52.7%, 61.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,575,958
CSS custom property--colour: #DE6956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#2196A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877D54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39654no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#F25465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Salmon · ΔE 9.6Indian red · ΔE 11.4Light coral · ΔE 15.1Coral · ΔE 17.6Tomato · ΔE 19.9Dark salmon · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56CBDE
Analogous#DE5687, #DEAD56
Triadic#56DE69, #6956DE
Split complementary#56DEAD, #5687DE
Tetradic#87DE56, #56CBDE, #AD56DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7DBD6
Lighter +20%#EFB5AB
Lighter +10%#E68F81
Darker −10%#D6432B
Darker −20%#AC3522
Darker −30%#822819
Darker −40%#571B11
More saturated +25%#F7573D
Less saturated −25%#C57B6F

Channel breakdown

R222
G105
B86
Red222 (87.1%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue8.38°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 69 · B 56

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