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Recognised as Colour

#A68E98

  • #A68E98
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A68E98 is a red with RGB values 166, 142, 152 and HSL 335°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A68E98#A68E98
HEX#A68E98
RGBrgb(166, 142, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5569, 0.5961
RGB percentages65.1%, 55.7%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(335, 11.9%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335, 14.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 14.5%, 8.4%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,480
CSS custom property--colour: #A68E98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#597167

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#959697no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#AA8D91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.4Gray · ΔE 13.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16.8Slate grey · ΔE 17.7Silver · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EA69C
Analogous#A68EA4, #A6908E
Triadic#98A68E, #8E98A6
Split complementary#8EA690, #8EA4A6
Tetradic#A4A68E, #8EA69C, #908EA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E4E6
Lighter +20%#D3C7CC
Lighter +10%#BCABB2
Darker −10%#90717E
Darker −20%#735B65
Darker −30%#57444C
Darker −40%#3A2E33
More saturated +25%#BF7594
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R166
G142
B152
Red166 (65.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue335°
Saturation (HSL)11.88%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8E · B 98

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