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Recognised as Colour

#DE6C78

  • #DE6C78
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DE6C78 is a red with RGB values 222, 108, 120 and HSL 354°, 63%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DE6C78#DE6C78
HEX#DE6C78
RGBrgb(222, 108, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4235, 0.4706
RGB percentages87.1%, 42.4%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(353.7, 63.3%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.7, 51.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 51.4%, 45.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,576,760
CSS custom property--colour: #DE6C78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#219387

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#848178no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19876no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F05D71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 8.7Indian red · ΔE 9.7Pale violetred · ΔE 14.2Salmon · ΔE 16.4Dark salmon · ΔE 24.1Brown · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CDED2
Analogous#DE6CB1, #DE996C
Triadic#78DE6C, #6C78DE
Split complementary#6CDE99, #6CB1DE
Tetradic#B1DE6C, #6CDED2, #996CDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAE9EB
Lighter +20%#F1BFC4
Lighter +10%#E7969E
Darker −10%#D54252
Darker −20%#BA2A39
Darker −30%#91202C
Darker −40%#67171F
More saturated +25%#F55566
Less saturated −25%#C7828A

Channel breakdown

R222
G108
B120
Red222 (87.1%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue353.68°
Saturation (HSL)63.33%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 6C · B 78

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