Recognised as Colour

#DE705D

#DE705D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Salmon

#DE705D is a red with RGB values 222, 112, 93 and HSL 9°, 66%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Salmon.

Colour values

#DE705D#DE705D

HEX#DE705D

RGBrgb(222, 112, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4392, 0.3647

RGB percentages87.1%, 43.9%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(8.8, 66.2%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.8, 58.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 49.5%, 58.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,577,757

CSS custom property--colour: #DE705D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27908WCAG 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 6.58:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#218FA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B825Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6995Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F25D6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 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

Salmon · ΔE 8.5 Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Light coral · ΔE 12.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.7 Light salmon · ΔE 18.3 Coral · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourSalmon (#FA8072)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5DCBDE

Analogous#DE5D8B, #DEB05D

Triadic#5DDE70, #705DDE

Split complementary#5DDEB1, #5D8ADE

Tetradic#8ADE5D, #5DCBDE, #B15DDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8E0DC

Lighter +20%#EFBBB2

Lighter +10%#E79587

Darker −10%#D54B33

Darker −20%#B13924

Darker −30%#872B1B

Darker −40%#5C1E13

More saturated +25%#F65F45

Less saturated −25%#C68175

Channel breakdown

R222

G112

B93

Red222 (87.1%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue8.84°

Saturation (HSL)66.15%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 70 · B 5D

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