Colour

#DE6E73

#DE6E73
Red
Dark
Nearest: Light coral

#DE6E73 is a red with RGB values 222, 110, 115 and HSL 357°, 63%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

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HEX#DE6E73

RGBrgb(222, 110, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4314, 0.451

RGB percentages87.1%, 43.1%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(357.3, 62.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.3, 50.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 50.5%, 48.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,577,267

CSS custom property--colour: #DE6E73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#21918C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868273no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29971no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F05E70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 6.7 Indian red · ΔE 7.7 Salmon · ΔE 13.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.2 Light salmon · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)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#6EDED9

Analogous#DE6EAB, #DEA16E

Triadic#73DE6E, #6E73DE

Split complementary#6EDEA1, #6EABDE

Tetradic#ABDE6E, #6EDED9, #A16EDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAEBEB

Lighter +20%#F1C1C3

Lighter +10%#E7989B

Darker −10%#D5444B

Darker −20%#BB2B31

Darker −30%#922126

Darker −40%#68181B

More saturated +25%#F4585F

Less saturated −25%#C88487

Channel breakdown

R222

G110

B115

Red222 (87.1%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue357.32°

Saturation (HSL)62.92%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 6E · B 73

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