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Recognised as Colour

#A17B88

  • #A17B88
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A17B88 is a red with RGB values 161, 123, 136 and HSL 339°, 17%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A17B88#A17B88
HEX#A17B88
RGBrgb(161, 123, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4824, 0.5333
RGB percentages63.1%, 48.2%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(339.5, 16.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 23.6%, 63.1%)
CMYK0%, 23.6%, 15.5%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,582,920
CSS custom property--colour: #A17B88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#5E8477

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F8188no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#888887no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A7797Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.3Gray · ΔE 17Dim grey · ΔE 20.3Slate grey · ΔE 21.3Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5Dark grey · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BA194
Analogous#A17B9B, #A1817B
Triadic#88A17B, #7B88A1
Split complementary#7BA181, #7B9BA1
Tetradic#9BA17B, #7BA194, #817BA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F2F3
Lighter +30%#E1D4D9
Lighter +20%#CBB7BE
Lighter +10%#B699A3
Darker −10%#88616E
Darker −20%#6A4C56
Darker −30%#4D363E
Darker −40%#2F2126
More saturated +25%#BD5F7F
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R161
G123
B136
Red161 (63.1%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue339.47°
Saturation (HSL)16.81%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A1 · G 7B · B 88

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