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Recognised as Colour

#DE6A78

  • #DE6A78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DE6A78 is a red with RGB values 222, 106, 120 and HSL 353°, 64%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DE6A78#DE6A78
HEX#DE6A78
RGBrgb(222, 106, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4157, 0.4706
RGB percentages87.1%, 41.6%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(352.8, 63.7%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.8, 52.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 52.3%, 45.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,576,248
CSS custom property--colour: #DE6A78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#219587

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#828078no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A09776no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#F05B6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 9.6Indian red · ΔE 10Pale violetred · ΔE 13.8Salmon · ΔE 17.1Dark salmon · ΔE 25.3Brown · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ADED0
Analogous#DE6AB2, #DE966A
Triadic#78DE6A, #6A78DE
Split complementary#6ADE96, #6AB2DE
Tetradic#B2DE6A, #6ADED0, #966ADE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE7E9
Lighter +20%#F0BEC4
Lighter +10%#E7949E
Darker −10%#D54052
Darker −20%#B9293A
Darker −30%#8F202D
Darker −40%#661620
More saturated +25%#F55367
Less saturated −25%#C78189

Channel breakdown

R222
G106
B120
Red222 (87.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue352.76°
Saturation (HSL)63.74%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 6A · B 78

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