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Recognised as Colour

#DE6E68

  • #DE6E68
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#DE6E68 is a red with RGB values 222, 110, 104 and HSL 3°, 64%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#DE6E68#DE6E68
HEX#DE6E68
RGBrgb(222, 110, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4314, 0.4078
RGB percentages87.1%, 43.1%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(3.1, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.1, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 50.5%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,577,256
CSS custom property--colour: #DE6E68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#219197

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888167no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49866no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F15D6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.7Light coral · ΔE 7.9Salmon · ΔE 9.5Dark salmon · ΔE 18.5Light salmon · ΔE 21.8Pale violetred · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68D8DE
Analogous#DE689D, #DEA968
Triadic#68DE6E, #6E68DE
Split complementary#68DEA9, #689DDE
Tetradic#9DDE68, #68D8DE, #A968DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9E7E6
Lighter +20%#F0BEBC
Lighter +10%#E79692
Darker −10%#D5463E
Darker −20%#B82F28
Darker −30%#8E251F
Darker −40%#641A16
More saturated +25%#F55951
Less saturated −25%#C7837F

Channel breakdown

R222
G110
B104
Red222 (87.1%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue3.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 6E · B 68

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