HEX Color #D3756D (Lightcoral)

About #D3756D

The precise color #D3756D is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Lightcoral. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 211, 117, and 109.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 45% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 4.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#D3756D

RGB211, 117, 109

HSL4.7°, 53.7%, 62.7%

CMYK0%, 45%, 48%, 17%

HSV4.7°, 48.3%, 82.7%

LAB59.6, 35.9, 20.7

XYZ36.0, 27.7, 17.9

Decimal13858157

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#D3756D #6DCAD3

Analogous

#D36D98 #D3A86D

Triadic

#6DD375 #746DD3

Tetradic

#97D36D #6DCAD3 #A76DD3

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#D3756D

#D7847D

#DC938D

#E1A39D

#E6B2AD

#EBC1BE

#F0D1CE

#F5E0DE

#FAEFEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#D3756D

#BB6860

#A45B54

#8C4E48

#75413C

#5D3430

#462724

#2E1A18

#170D0C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.21:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.54:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.07:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

5.56:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #D3756D; }

.text-color { color: #D3756D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #D3756D; }

Similar Colors

Lightcoral

#F08080