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Recognised as Colour

#B88C8D

  • #B88C8D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#B88C8D is a red with RGB values 184, 140, 141 and HSL 359°, 24%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B88C8D#B88C8D
HEX#B88C8D
RGBrgb(184, 140, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.549, 0.5529
RGB percentages72.2%, 54.9%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(358.6, 23.7%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.6, 23.9%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 23.9%, 23.4%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,094,605
CSS custom property--colour: #B88C8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#477372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94928Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E9A8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C1888Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 1.4Dark grey · ΔE 19.1Gray · ΔE 19.9Light pink · ΔE 21.7Pink · ΔE 22.6Silver · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 1.38, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CB8B7
Analogous#B88CA3, #B8A18C
Triadic#8DB88C, #8C8DB8
Split complementary#8CB8A1, #8CA3B8
Tetradic#A3B88C, #8CB8B7, #A18CB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2EBEB
Lighter +20%#DFCBCC
Lighter +10%#CBACAC
Darker −10%#A56C6E
Darker −20%#895556
Darker −30%#6A4142
Darker −40%#4A2E2E
More saturated +25%#CF7577
Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R184
G140
B141
Red184 (72.2%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue358.64°
Saturation (HSL)23.66%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G 8C · B 8D

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