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Recognised as Colour

#B37E85

  • #B37E85
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#B37E85 is a red with RGB values 179, 126, 133 and HSL 352°, 26%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B37E85#B37E85
HEX#B37E85
RGBrgb(179, 126, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4941, 0.5216
RGB percentages70.2%, 49.4%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(352.1, 25.9%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 29.6%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 29.6%, 25.7%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,763,333
CSS custom property--colour: #B37E85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#4C817A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#868685no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#939084no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BD7A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 7.4Gray · ΔE 22.5Light pink · ΔE 23.7Pale violetred · ΔE 24.4Dark grey · ΔE 24.6Pink · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EB3AC
Analogous#B37E9F, #B3917E
Triadic#85B37E, #7E85B3
Split complementary#7EB391, #7E9FB3
Tetradic#A0B37E, #7EB3AC, #927EB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFE
Lighter +30%#ECDEE0
Lighter +20%#D9BEC2
Lighter +10%#C69EA3
Darker −10%#A05E67
Darker −20%#804B52
Darker −30%#60383E
Darker −40%#402529
More saturated +25%#CD6472
Less saturated −25%#999898

Channel breakdown

R179
G126
B133
Red179 (70.2%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue352.08°
Saturation (HSL)25.85%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 7E · B 85

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