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Recognised as Colour

#905A5E

  • #905A5E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#905A5E is a red with RGB values 144, 90, 94 and HSL 356°, 23%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#905A5E#905A5E
HEX#905A5E
RGBrgb(144, 90, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.3529, 0.3686
RGB percentages56.5%, 35.3%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(355.6, 23.1%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.6, 37.5%, 56.5%)
CMYK0%, 37.5%, 34.7%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,460,318
CSS custom property--colour: #905A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#6FA5A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#64625Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#716D5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9A555Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 20.1Dim grey · ΔE 23.8Gray · ΔE 25.6Indian red · ΔE 28.2Pale violetred · ΔE 28.8Sienna · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 20.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A908C
Analogous#905A79, #90715A
Triadic#5E905A, #5A5E90
Split complementary#5A9071, #5A7990
Tetradic#79905A, #5A908C, #715A90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D3D4
Lighter +30%#D0B3B5
Lighter +20%#BC9497
Lighter +10%#A87578
Darker −10%#71464A
Darker −20%#513335
Darker −30%#321F21
Darker −40%#120C0C
More saturated +25%#AD3D45
Less saturated −25%#757575

Channel breakdown

R144
G90
B94
Red144 (56.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue355.56°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 90 · G 5A · B 5E

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