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Recognised as Colour

#B3868D

  • #B3868D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#B3868D is a red with RGB values 179, 134, 141 and HSL 351°, 23%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B3868D#B3868D
HEX#B3868D
RGBrgb(179, 134, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5255, 0.5529
RGB percentages70.2%, 52.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(350.7, 22.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(350.7, 25.1%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 25.1%, 21.2%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,765,389
CSS custom property--colour: #B3868D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#4C7972

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8D8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#97958Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8388no 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 text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 5Gray · ΔE 19.7Dark grey · ΔE 20.5Light pink · ΔE 22.9Thistle · ΔE 23.7Pink · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86B3AC
Analogous#B386A3, #B39686
Triadic#8DB386, #868DB3
Split complementary#86B396, #86A3B3
Tetradic#A4B386, #86B3AC, #9686B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE4E6
Lighter +20%#DAC5C8
Lighter +10%#C7A5AB
Darker −10%#9F676F
Darker −20%#825159
Darker −30%#623E43
Darker −40%#432A2E
More saturated +25%#CC6D7C
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R179
G134
B141
Red179 (70.2%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue350.67°
Saturation (HSL)22.84%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 86 · B 8D

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