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Recognised as Colour

#B9898E

  • #B9898E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#B9898E is a red with RGB values 185, 137, 142 and HSL 354°, 26%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B9898E#B9898E
HEX#B9898E
RGBrgb(185, 137, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.5373, 0.5569
RGB percentages72.5%, 53.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(353.8, 25.5%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 25.9%, 72.5%)
CMYK0%, 25.9%, 23.2%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,159,374
CSS custom property--colour: #B9898E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#467671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91908Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C998Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C2858Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 3.4Dark grey · ΔE 21Light pink · ΔE 21.2Gray · ΔE 21.2Pink · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 3.43, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89B9B4
Analogous#B989A6, #B99C89
Triadic#8EB989, #898EB9
Split complementary#89B99C, #89A6B9
Tetradic#A6B989, #89B9B4, #9C89B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2E9EA
Lighter +20%#DFC9CB
Lighter +10%#CCA9AD
Darker −10%#A6696F
Darker −20%#8A5258
Darker −30%#6A3F43
Darker −40%#4A2C2F
More saturated +25%#D1727B
Less saturated −25%#A2A1A1

Channel breakdown

R185
G137
B142
Red185 (72.5%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue353.75°
Saturation (HSL)25.53%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B9 · G 89 · B 8E

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