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Recognised as Colour

#A88C9A

  • #A88C9A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A88C9A is a red with RGB values 168, 140, 154 and HSL 330°, 14%, 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

#A88C9A#A88C9A
HEX#A88C9A
RGBrgb(168, 140, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.549, 0.6039
RGB percentages65.9%, 54.9%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(330, 13.9%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 16.7%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 16.7%, 8.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,046,042
CSS custom property--colour: #A88C9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#577365

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E919Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#949599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AC8C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.1Gray · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 15.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.7Thistle · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CA89A
Analogous#A88CA8, #A88C8C
Triadic#9AA88C, #8C9AA8
Split complementary#8CA88C, #8CA8A8
Tetradic#A8A88C, #8CA89A, #8C8CA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE3E7
Lighter +20%#D4C6CD
Lighter +10%#BEA9B4
Darker −10%#926F81
Darker −20%#755967
Darker −30%#58434E
Darker −40%#3B2D34
More saturated +25%#C1739A
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R168
G140
B154
Red168 (65.9%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)13.86%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 8C · B 9A

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