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Recognised as Colour

#AB8B94

  • #AB8B94
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#AB8B94 is a red with RGB values 171, 139, 148 and HSL 343°, 16%, 61%. 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

#AB8B94#AB8B94
HEX#AB8B94
RGBrgb(171, 139, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5451, 0.5804
RGB percentages67.1%, 54.5%, 58%
HSLhsl(343.1, 16%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343.1, 18.7%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 18.7%, 13.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,242,388
CSS custom property--colour: #AB8B94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#54746B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9094no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#969593no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B1898Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8Gray · ΔE 15.5Dark grey · ΔE 15.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Slate grey · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BABA2
Analogous#AB8BA4, #AB928B
Triadic#94AB8B, #8B94AB
Split complementary#8BAB92, #8BA4AB
Tetradic#A4AB8B, #8BABA2, #928BAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE4E6
Lighter +20%#D6C6CB
Lighter +10%#C0A9AF
Darker −10%#966D79
Darker −20%#795761
Darker −30%#5B4249
Darker −40%#3D2D31
More saturated +25%#C47289
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R171
G139
B148
Red171 (67.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue343.12°
Saturation (HSL)16%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 8B · B 94

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