#D76079

sRGB: 215 / 96 / 121

Thunderous oceans awaken with sunrise
Secret gardens fade beyond remembrance
Silver wings reveal unspoken wonders

#D76079 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 215 red, 96 green and 121 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 347.4° lands in the red region. Its 59.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 61.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 215, 96, 121
HSL: 347.39°, 59.80%, 60.98%
HSV / HSB: 347.39°, 55.35%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 55.35%, 43.72%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.657, 24.195, 20.882
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.283, 49.049, 9.297
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24193
24-bit decimal: 14114937

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #D76079 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.84:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.60:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#60D7BE sits half a turn (180°) from #D76079 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#D76079 #60D7BE

Analogous

#D760B4 and #D78360 sit 30° to either side of #D76079. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D760B4 #D76079 #D78360

Triadic

#D76079, #79D760 and #6079D7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D76079 #79D760 #6079D7

Split complementary

Start at #D76079 and look across the wheel. #60D783 and #60B4D7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D76079 #60D783 #60B4D7

Square

Starting with #D76079, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B4D760, #60D7BE, then #8360D7. Across the square, #D76079 pairs with #60D7BE, and #B4D760 with #8360D7.

#D76079 #B4D760 #60D7BE #8360D7

Tetradic

#D76079 and #60D7BE are opposites, as are #D7BE60 and #6079D7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D76079 #D7BE60 #60D7BE #6079D7

Tints

Mixing #D76079 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DF8094, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7DFE4, the mixture is 80% white.

#D76079 #DF8094 #E7A0AF #EFBFC9 #F7DFE4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D76079 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC4D61, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B1318, the mixture is 80% black.

#D76079 #AC4D61 #813A49 #562630 #2B1318 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D76079 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C6667A, keeps 80% of the original. By #917A7F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D76079 #C6667A #B46D7C #A3737D #917A7F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#D76079

RGB

rgb(215 96 121)

HSL

hsl(347.395 59.799% 60.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D76079;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D76079 uses 215 red, 96 green and 121 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.3%

Green 37.6%

Blue 47.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D76079 is 0.0% cyan, 55.3% magenta, 43.7% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 55.3%

Yellow 43.7%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD6677. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D67 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D76079 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD6677 Nearest web-safe: #CC6666

Gradient to complement

#D76079 #C37485 #AF8890 #9C9C9C #88AFA7 #74C3B3 #60D7BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #D76079 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#787879

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#969076

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E85269

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A37478

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AC8277

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D86074

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#878787

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B57580

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.67954 G 0.11697 B 0.19120

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78557 G 0.40394 B 0.47792

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.57966 G 0.13564 B 0.19417

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.442 y 0.300 Y 24.195

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 15.686 M % 62.353 Y % 52.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11010111 01100000 01111001