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#C8656D

#c8656d ≈ Indian Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8656d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 39.61% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.5% magenta, 45.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 355.15°, with 47.37% saturation and 59.02% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Indian Red (#cd5c5c), ΔE 4.49.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2269

Complementary

  1. #c8656d
  2. #65c8c0

Split complementary

  1. #c8656d
  2. #65c88e
  3. #659fc8

Analogous

  1. #c8659f
  2. #c8656d
  3. #c88e65

Triadic

  1. #c8656d
  2. #6dc865
  3. #656dc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8656d
  2. #c8c065
  3. #65c8c0
  4. #656dc8

Square

  1. #c8656d
  2. #9fc865
  3. #65c8c0
  4. #8e65c8

Monochromatic

  1. #6d272d
  2. #a53b44
  3. #c8656d
  4. #dc9da2
  5. #f0d6d8

Shades

#c8656d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8656d
  2. #b45b62
  3. #a05157
  4. #8c474c
  5. #783d41
  6. #643337
  7. #50282c
  8. #3c1e21
  9. #281416
  10. #140a0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8656d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8656d
  2. #ce747c
  3. #d3848a
  4. #d99399
  5. #dea3a7
  6. #e4b2b6
  7. #e9c1c5
  8. #efd1d3
  9. #f4e0e2
  10. #faf0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8656d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8656d
  2. #c1686f
  3. #ba6a71
  4. #b26d73
  5. #ab7075
  6. #a47377
  7. #9d7578
  8. #96787a
  9. #8e7b7c
  10. #877d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3787b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a776d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #928b6b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d85868 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f706d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab7d6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d25e6a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8656d {
  color: #c8656d;
}
Background
.bg-c8656d {
  background-color: #c8656d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8656d {
  border: 2px solid #c8656d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8656d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 101 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 355 47% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8656d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8656d, #c88e65);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8656d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 101 109 / 0.35);
}

#cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 4.49 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.20 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.37 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 7.80 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.93 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 8.10 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 9.52 #379a92 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Indian Red
#c8656d  rgb(200, 101, 109)  hsl(355, 47%, 59%)  Indian Red
#65c8c0  rgb(101, 200, 192)  hsl(175, 47%, 59%)  Medium Turquoise
#6dc865  rgb(109, 200, 101)  hsl(115, 47%, 59%)  Mantis
#656dc8  rgb(101, 109, 200)  hsl(235, 47%, 59%)  Royal Blue