Recognised as Colour

#89556E

#89556E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#89556E is a red with RGB values 137, 85, 110 and HSL 331°, 23%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#89556E

RGBrgb(137, 85, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3333, 0.4314

RGB percentages53.7%, 33.3%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(331.2, 23.4%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.2, 38%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 38%, 19.7%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,000,302

CSS custom property--colour: #89556E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1

Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#76AA91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5F6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#67686Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#90545Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 25.4 Dim grey · ΔE 25.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.6 Gray · ΔE 28.1 Slate grey · ΔE 29.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 25.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#558970

Analogous#895588, #895655

Triadic#6E8955, #556E89

Split complementary#558956, #558889

Tetradic#888955, #558970, #565589

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFCBD5

Lighter +30%#CBACBB

Lighter +20%#B88CA1

Lighter +10%#A46D87

Darker −10%#6A4155

Darker −20%#4A2E3B

Darker −30%#2B1A22

Darker −40%#0B0709

More saturated +25%#A5396D

Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R137

G85

B110

Red137 (53.7%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue331.15°

Saturation (HSL)23.42%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 55 · B 6E

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Colour harmonies

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