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Recognised as Colour

#DE8893

  • #DE8893
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DE8893 is a red with RGB values 222, 136, 147 and HSL 352°, 57%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light coral.

Colour values

#DE8893#DE8893
HEX#DE8893
RGBrgb(222, 136, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.5333, 0.5765
RGB percentages87.1%, 53.3%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(352.3, 56.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 38.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 38.7%, 33.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,583,955
CSS custom property--colour: #DE8893;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#21776C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979693no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA791no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#ED808Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 14.3Pale violetred · ΔE 14.8Light pink · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 17.4Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8Pink · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88DED3
Analogous#DE88BE, #DEA888
Triadic#93DE88, #8893DE
Split complementary#88DEA8, #88BEDE
Tetradic#BEDE88, #88DED3, #A888DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4D8DB
Lighter +10%#E9B0B7
Darker −10%#D3606F
Darker −20%#C8384B
Darker −30%#A02D3B
Darker −40%#79212D
More saturated +25%#F17585
Less saturated −25%#CB9BA1

Channel breakdown

R222
G136
B147
Red222 (87.1%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue352.33°
Saturation (HSL)56.58%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 88 · B 93

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