Recognised as Colour

#B298A5

#B298A5
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#B298A5 is a red with RGB values 178, 152, 165 and HSL 330°, 14%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#B298A5

RGBrgb(178, 152, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.5961, 0.6471

RGB percentages69.8%, 59.6%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(330, 14.4%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 14.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 7.3%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,704,485

CSS custom property--colour: #B298A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#4D675A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A9DA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9FA0A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B6989Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.2 Dark grey · ΔE 12.9 Thistle · ΔE 15.9 Gray · ΔE 17.1 Silver · ΔE 17.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#98B2A5

Analogous#B298B2, #B29898

Triadic#A5B298, #98A5B2

Split complementary#98B298, #98B2B2

Tetradic#B2B298, #98B2A5, #9898B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F0F2

Lighter +20%#DED2D8

Lighter +10%#C8B5BF

Darker −10%#9C7B8B

Darker −20%#826272

Darker −30%#654C59

Darker −40%#48363F

More saturated +25%#C982A5

Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R178

G152

B165

Red178 (69.8%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)14.44%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 98 · B A5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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