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Recognised as Colour

#DF6C74

  • #DF6C74
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light coral

#DF6C74 is a red with RGB values 223, 108, 116 and HSL 356°, 64%, 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

#DF6C74#DF6C74
HEX#DF6C74
RGBrgb(223, 108, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.4235, 0.4549
RGB percentages87.5%, 42.4%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(355.8, 64.2%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.8, 51.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 51.6%, 48%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,642,292
CSS custom property--colour: #DF6C74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#20938B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858174no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29872no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F15C6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 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 text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light coral · ΔE 7.5Indian red · ΔE 8.1Salmon · ΔE 14.3Pale violetred · ΔE 16.6Dark salmon · ΔE 22.8Brown · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight coral (#F08080)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CDFD7
Analogous#DF6CAD, #DF9E6C
Triadic#74DF6C, #6C74DF
Split complementary#6CDF9E, #6CAEDF
Tetradic#AEDF6C, #6CDFD7, #9E6CDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAEAEB
Lighter +20%#F1C0C3
Lighter +10%#E8969C
Darker −10%#D6424C
Darker −20%#BC2933
Darker −30%#922028
Darker −40%#68171C
More saturated +25%#F55661
Less saturated −25%#C98287

Channel breakdown

R223
G108
B116
Red223 (87.5%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue355.83°
Saturation (HSL)64.25%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G 6C · B 74

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