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#DC778D

#dc778d ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dc778d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 46.67% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.91% magenta, 35.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 346.93°, with 59.06% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#cc6699
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Relative luminance0.3033

Complementary

  1. #dc778d
  2. #77dcc6

Split complementary

  1. #dc778d
  2. #77dc93
  3. #77bfdc

Analogous

  1. #dc77bf
  2. #dc778d
  3. #dc9377

Triadic

  1. #dc778d
  2. #8ddc77
  3. #778ddc

Tetradic

  1. #dc778d
  2. #dcc677
  3. #77dcc6
  4. #778ddc

Square

  1. #dc778d
  2. #bfdc77
  3. #77dcc6
  4. #9377dc

Monochromatic

  1. #94263e
  2. #cc3a5a
  3. #dc778d
  4. #ecb4c0
  5. #fbeff1

Shades

#dc778d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dc778d
  2. #c66b7f
  3. #b05f71
  4. #9a5363
  5. #844755
  6. #6e3c47
  7. #583038
  8. #42242a
  9. #2c181c
  10. #160c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#dc778d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dc778d
  2. #e08598
  3. #e392a4
  4. #e7a0af
  5. #eaadbb
  6. #eebbc6
  7. #f1c9d1
  8. #f5d6dd
  9. #f8e4e8
  10. #fcf1f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dc778d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dc778d
  2. #d3788c
  3. #ca798a
  4. #c07a89
  5. #b77b88
  6. #ae7c87
  7. #a57c85
  8. #9c7d84
  9. #927e83
  10. #897f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b68a92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #898a8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a29d8b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ec6e7f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0838d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bc8f8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e67285 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dc778d {
  color: #dc778d;
}
Background
.bg-dc778d {
  background-color: #dc778d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dc778d {
  border: 2px solid #dc778d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dc778d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 119 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 59% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dc778d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc778d, #dc9377);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dc778d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 119 141 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 3.56 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.82 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 5.90 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.02 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.80 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.93 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.00 #238872 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#dc778d  rgb(220, 119, 141)  hsl(347, 59%, 66%)  Pale Violet Red
#77dcc6  rgb(119, 220, 198)  hsl(167, 59%, 66%)  Turquoise
#8ddc77  rgb(141, 220, 119)  hsl(107, 59%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#778ddc  rgb(119, 141, 220)  hsl(227, 59%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue