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Recognised as Colour

#DF9899

  • #DF9899
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#DF9899 is a red with RGB values 223, 152, 153 and HSL 359°, 53%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#DF9899#DF9899
HEX#DF9899
RGBrgb(223, 152, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.5961, 0.6
RGB percentages87.5%, 59.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(359.2, 52.6%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 31.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 31.8%, 31.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,653,593
CSS custom property--colour: #DF9899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#206766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A299no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B098no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ED9199no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.1Light pink · ΔE 12.5Pink · ΔE 15.7Dark salmon · ΔE 17.4Light coral · ΔE 18.9Pale violetred · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98DFDE
Analogous#DF98BD, #DFBB98
Triadic#99DF98, #9899DF
Split complementary#98DFBB, #98BDDF
Tetradic#BDDF98, #98DFDE, #BB98DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E6E6
Lighter +10%#EBBFC0
Darker −10%#D37172
Darker −20%#C74A4C
Darker −30%#A93536
Darker −40%#82292A
More saturated +25%#F08789
Less saturated −25%#CEA9A9

Channel breakdown

R223
G152
B153
Red223 (87.5%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue359.15°
Saturation (HSL)52.59%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G 98 · B 99

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